STATE EX REL. COOPER v. RIDGEWAY BRANDS

No. COA06-422.

646 S.E.2d 790 (2007)

STATE of North Carolina, ex rel. Roy COOPER, Attorney General of North Carolina, Plaintiff, v. RIDGEWAY BRANDS MANUFACTURING, LLC, a North Carolina corporation; Ridgeway Brands, Inc.; James C. Heflin; Fred A. Edwards; and Carl B. White, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorneys General Richard L. Harrison, Karen E. Long, and Melissa L. Trippe, for plaintiff-appellant, State of North Carolina.

Poyner & Spruill, LLP, by J. Nicholas Ellis and Timothy W. Wilson, Rocky Mount, for defendant-appellees, Ridgeway Brands Manufacturing, LLC and James C. Heflin.


STEELMAN, Judge.

When the dismissal of a suit affects the plaintiff's right to avoid two trials on the same issue, the plaintiff's appeal is not interlocutory. When a plaintiff fails to amend his complaint to add a party defendant until after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations as to that defendant, the claim cannot relate back to circumvent the statute of limitations. When the allegations in a plaintiff's complaint, taken as true, are sufficient...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases