LEARY v. NANTAHALA POWER AND LIGHT CO.

No. 8430SC1178.

332 S.E.2d 703 (1985)

Peter T. LEARY and wife, Doris W. Leary, and Maryland Casualty Company v. NANTAHALA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes and Davis, P.A., by Philip J. Smith and Allan R. Tarleton, Asheville, for plaintiffs appellees-appellants Leary.

Lentz, Ball & Kelley, P.A., by Ervin L. Ball, Jr., Asheville, for plaintiff-appellee Maryland Casualty Co.

Morris, Golding and Phillips, by James N. Golding and William C. Morris, III, Asheville, for defendant appellant-appellee.


MARTIN, Judge.

By its appeal, defendant Power Company assigns error to various of the court's rulings at trial, and to its award of prejudgment interest. By their cross appeal, plaintiffs assign error to the court's entry of judgment for an amount less than the jury verdict, and to post-trial rulings with regard to costs. We find no prejudicial error in the trial or in the court's ruling as to costs, but conclude that the court erred in awarding prejudgment interest...

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