MAY v. MELROSE SOUTH PYROTECHNICS, INC.

No. COA13-620.

753 S.E.2d 704 (2014)

Janet MAY and Curtis Hill, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Mark Curtis Hill, Plaintiffs, v. MELROSE SOUTH PYROTECHNICS, INC., and Ocracoke Civic & Business Association d/b/a Ocracoke Island Civic and Business Association, Defendants. Judy B. Gray, Administrator of the Estate of Melissa Annette Simmons, Plaintiff, v. East Coast Pyrotechnics, Inc., formerly known as Melrose South Pyrotechnics, Inc., Defendant. Kevin F. MacQueen, Administrator of the Estate of Charles Nathaniel Kirkland, Jr., Plaintiff, v. East Coast Pyrotechnics, Inc., formerly known as Melrose South Pyrotechnics, Inc., Defendant. Martez Holland, Plaintiff, v. East Coast Pyrotechnics, Inc., formerly known as Melrose South Pyrotechnics, Inc., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farris & Farris, PA, by Robert A. Farris, Jr. and Rhyan A. Breen , and Thomas & Farris, PA, by Albert S. Thomas, Jr. , for Plaintiffs-Appellees Janet May and Curtis Hill, Co-Administrators of the Estate of Mark Curtis Hill; Donald E. Clark, Jr., PLLC, by Donald E. Clark, Jr. , and The Wright Law Firm, by Paul M. Wright for Plaintiff-Appellee Judy B. Gray, Administrator of the Estate of Melissa Annette Simmons; Riddle & Brantley, LLP, by Gene A. Riddle and Jonathan M. Smith , for Plaintiff-Appellee Kevin F. MacQueen, Administrator of the Estate of Charles Nathaniel Kirkland, Jr.; and Jerry Braswell for Plaintiff-Appellee Martez Holland.

Cranfill Sumner Hartzog LLP, by Daniel G. Katzenbach and M. Denisse Gonzalez , for Defendants-Appellants.


McGEE, Judge.

This case is before us on remand from the North Carolina Supreme Court. Our Court originally dismissed the appeal in this matter as interlocutory on 8 August 2013. Melrose South Pyrotechnics, Inc. ("Melrose") and East Coast Pyrotechnics, Inc. petitioned our Supreme Court for writ of certiorari, and the Supreme Court, in an order entered 3 October 2013, allowed the petition "for the limited purpose of remanding to the Court of Appeals for consideration...

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