AFFIRMED.
Moore v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, 669 S.E.2d 321 (2008)
Dec. 12, 2008
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Supreme Court of North Carolina
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No. 330A08.
669 S.E.2d 321
Julius Caeser MOORE
v.
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
No. 330A08.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
December 12, 2008.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C.App. ___, 664 S.E.2d 326 (2008), affirming an order dismissing plaintiff's complaint entered 22 August 2007 by Judge Phyllis M. Gorham in Superior Court, Duplin County. Heard in the Supreme Court 17 November 2008.
Crawford & Crawford, LLP, by Robert O. Crawford, III; and Hemmings & Stevens, P.L.L.C., by Aaron C. Hemmings, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.
George L. Simpson III, Raleigh, for defendant-appellees.
Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau, P.A., by Jerome P. Trehy, Jr., Raleigh, for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.
Battle, Winslow, Scott & Wiley, P.A., by M. Greg Crumpler, Rocky Mount, for the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae.