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HIEN NGUYEN v. TAYLOR

No. COA11-369.

723 S.E.2d 551 (2012)

HIEN NGUYEN, Matthew Brown, Ryan Childrey, Romaine Watkins, and David Gregory, Plaintiffs v. Jayceon TAYLOR, Engel Thedford, Michael Kimbrew, John Doe a/k/a DJ Skee, Anthony Torres, Black Wall Street Records, LLC, Black Wall Street Publishing, LLC, Bungalo Records, Inc., General GFX, Grind Music, Inc., Jump Off Films, Liberation Entertainment, Inc., John Doe #2, www.stopsnitchinstoplyin. com, Universal Home Video, Inc., And Youtube, Inc., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 21, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP, Raleigh, by Dan M. Hartzog and Dan M. Hartzog Jr. , for plaintiff-appellees.

Osborne Law Firm, P.C., Charlotte, by Curtis C. Osborne , for defendant-appellant Jayceon Taylor.

Blanco Tackaberry & Matamoros, P.A., Winston-Salem, by Peter J. Juran , for defendant-appellant Bungalo Records, Inc.

CALABRIA, Judge.

Jayceon Taylor ("Taylor") and Bungalo Records, Inc. ("Bungalo") appeal the trial court's judgment which, following a bench trial, awarded five million dollars in compensatory damages and ten million dollars in punitive damages to Hien Nguyen, Matthew Brown, Ryan Childrey, Romaine Watkins, and David Gregory (collectively "plaintiffs"). We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.

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