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HAARHUIS v. CHEEK

No. COA16-961.

805 S.E.2d 720 (2017)

Joris HAARHUIS, Administrator of the Estate of Julie Haarhuis (Deceased), Plaintiff, v. Emily CHEEK, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: September 19, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Copeley Johnson & Groninger PLLC, Durham, by Leto Copeley , White & Stradley PLLC, Raleigh, by J. David Stradley and Robert P. Holmes , and Patterson Harkavy LLP, Chapel Hill, by Narendra K. Ghosh , for the Plaintiff-Appellee.

Burton, Sue & Anderson, LLP, Greensboro, by Walter K. Burton , Stephanie W. Anderson , and Cam A. Bordman , for the Defendant-Appellant.

Emily Cheek ("Defendant") appeals from a jury verdict awarding Joris Haarhuis ("Plaintiff") compensatory and punitive damages for the wrongful death of Plaintiff's wife, and from an order by the trial court denying Defendant's motion for a new trial. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. Background

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