LAMB v. WEDGEWOOD SOUTH CORP.

No. 156A82.

302 S.E.2d 868 (1983)

Gwendolyn Hoffman LAMB, Executrix of the Estate of Thomas Wade Lamb v. WEDGEWOOD SOUTH CORPORATION, Statler Hilton, Inc., Hilton Inns, Inc., W.H. Weaver, W.H. Weaver Construction Company, Inc., Harry R. Dudley, Jr., Individually, Louis Rightmier, Individually, Thomas T.B. Morrisette, Individually, Dudley Rightmier, Morrisette and Associates, a Professional Association, Darrell Teague, W.E. Griffin and Ted Craddock.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan by James G. Billings, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Spears, Barnes, Baker & Hoof by Alexander H. Barnes, Durham, for defendant-appellants Wedgewood South Corp. and Hilton Inns, Inc.

Emanuel & Emanuel by Robert L. Emanuel and George W. Kane III, Raleigh, for defendant appellees Harry R. Dudley, Jr., Louis Rightmier and Thomas H.B. Morrisette, individually, and Dudley, Rightmier, Morrisette and Associates, P.A.


EXUM, Justice.

The principal questions presented in this appeal involve the interpretation of General Statute 1-50(5)1 and whether the statute is constitutional. We conclude that the statute bars all claims asserted in this case against defendant architects and that the statute is constitutional. We also conclude that the Court of Appeals should not have considered certain denials of motions for summary judgment made by some defendants...

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