SUMMERS v. CITY OF CHARLOTTE

No. COA01-748.

562 S.E.2d 18 (2002)

Frank V. SUMMERS, Eleanor M. Summers, Gilbert E. Galle, Pamela N. Galle, Patricia G. Selby Living Trust, Peter M. Duggan, Dr. Lee Ann McGinnis, and Dr. Maryrose Turner, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, A Municipal corporation, SouthPark Mall Limited Partnership, a North Carolina Limited Partnership, J.B. Ivey & Company, a North Carolina Corporation, T.W. Samonds, Jr., Thalhimer Brothers, Incorporated, a Virginia corporation, May Centers Associates Corporation, a Missouri corporation, Rotunda Building, L.L.C., a North Carolina limited liability corporation, Sears, Roebuck and Co., a New York corporation, Belk Charlotte, Inc., a North Carolina corporation, and United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, Defendants. Frank V. Summers, Eleanor M. Summers, Gilbert E. Galle, Pamela N. Galle, Patricia G. Selby Living Trust, Peter M. Duggan, Dr. Lee Ann McGinnis and Dr. Maryrose Turner, Plaintiffs, v. City of Charlotte, North Carolina, a Municipal corporation, SouthPark Mall Limited Partnership; a North Carolina Limited Partnership, J.B. Ivey & Company, a North Carolina Corporation; T.W. Samonds, Jr.; The May Department Stores Company successor by merger to May Center Associates Corporation; a Missouri corporation, Sears, Roebuck and Co., a New York corporation, Belk, Inc., successor by merger to Belk Charlotte, Inc., a North Carolina corporation and United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth T. Davies, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellants.

Office of the City Attorney by Senior Assistant City Attorney Robert E. Hagemann, for defendant-appellee City of Charlotte.

Kennedy Covington, Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P. by Roy H. Michaux, Jr. and Samuel T. Reaves, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee SouthPark Mall.

Moore & Van Allen, PLLC by Andrew S. O'Hara, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee United States Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund.

Assistant City Attorney Karen A. Sindelar, for City of Durham, amicus curiae.

Mark C. Cramer, Charlotte, for Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition, amicus curiae.


GREENE, Judge.

Frank V. Summers, Eleanor M. Summers, Gilbert E. Galle, Pamela N. Galle, Patricia G. Selby Living Trust, Peter M. Duggan, Dr. Lee Ann McGinnis, and Dr. Maryrose Turner (collectively, Plaintiffs) appeal an order filed 2 February 2001 granting a motion to dismiss in favor of SouthPark Mall Limited Partnership, J.B. Ivey & Company, T.W. Samonds, Jr., Thalhimer Brothers, Incorporated, May Centers Associates Corporation, Rotunda Building, L.L.C., Sears...

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