STAHLE v. CTS CORP.

No. 15-1001.

817 F.3d 96 (2016)

Kent STAHLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CTS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Amicus Supporting Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kaitlin Price , Mackenzie Salenger , Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellant. Earl Thomison Holman , Adams Hendon Carson Crow & Saenger, P.A., Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John J. Korzen , Director, Zachary K. Dunn , Third-Year Law Student, Davis T. Phillips , Third-Year Law Student, Appellate Advocacy Clinic, Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellant. Michael W. Patrick , Law Office of Michael W. Patrick, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Cathy A. Williams , Wallace & Graham, PA, Salisbury, North Carolina, for Amicus Curiae.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge FLOYD wrote the opinion in which Judge WYNN joined. Judge THACKER wrote an opinion concurring in the judgment.


At issue in this appeal is the scope of North Carolina General Statutes Section 1-52(16), which at the relevant time provided:

Unless otherwise provided by statute, for personal injury or physical damage to claimant's property, the cause of action, except in causes of actions referred to in G.S. 1-15(c), shall not...

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