GARDNER v. NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR

No. 706PA84.

341 S.E.2d 517 (1986)

Robert R. GARDNER, and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. The NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryant, Drew, Crill & Patterson, P.A. by Victor S. Bryant, Jr., Durham, for petitioners-appellees.

L. Thomas Lunsford, II, and James E. Tucker, Raleigh, for respondent-appellant.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan by James D. Blount, Raleigh, for amicus curiae, The Nat. Ass'n of Independent Insurers, The Alliance of American Insurers and the American Ins. Ass'n.

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter by J. Donald Cowan, Jr., Greensboro, for amicus curiae, The North Carolina Bar Ass'n.


FRYE, Justice.

The parties to this action have brought a single question before this Court: May a licensed attorney who is a full-time employee of an insurance company ethically represent one of the company's insureds as counsel of record in an action brought by a third party for a claim covered by the terms of the insurance policy or appear as counsel of record for the insured in the prosecution of a subrogation claim for property damage? We hold that under North...

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