FIRST GASTON BANK v. CITY OF HICKORY

No. COA08-1017.

691 S.E.2d 715 (2010)

FIRST GASTON BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF HICKORY, Verna and Associates, Inc., Verna Engineering, P.C., and Peter J. Verna, Jr., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Cooksey & Vickstrom, PLLC, by Neil C. Cooksey and Steven L. Smith, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog, LLP, by Patrick H. Flanagan and Amy E. Fitzgerald, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee City of Hickory.


GEER, Judge.

This appeal arises out of litigation relating to a sinkhole that developed in 2005 when a storm drain collapsed on property owned by plaintiff First Gaston Bank of North Carolina ("First Gaston") in Hickory, North Carolina. First Gaston appeals from the trial court's entry of summary judgment in favor of the City of Hickory on First Gaston's claims for negligence and inverse condemnation relating to the storm drain collapse. We hold that the trial court...

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