GRIFFIN v. ABSOLUTE FIRE CONTROL, INC.

No. 29A20.

854 S.E.2d 578 (2021)

2021-NCSC-9

Stacy GRIFFIN, Employee v. ABSOLUTE FIRE CONTROL, INC., Employer, and Everest National Ins. Co. & Gallagher Bassett Servs., Carrier.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed March 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sellers, Ayers, Dortch & Lyons, PA, Charlotte, by Christian R. Ayers and John F. Ayers III , for plaintiff-appellee.

Brotherton Ford Berry & Weaver, PLLC, by Demetrius Worley , for defendant-appellants.

Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC, by E. Stewart Poisson , Wilmington; and Erwin Byrd , for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae.

Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP, by M. Duane Jones , Charlotte, and Linda Stephens , Raleigh; and Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham, LLP, Raleigh, by Bruce Hamilton , for North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, North Carolina Association of Self-Insurers, North Carolina Chamber Legal Institute, North Carolina Retail Merchants Association, North Carolina Home Builders Association, North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association, North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association, National Federation of Independent Business, Employers Coalition of North Carolina, North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, American Property Casualty Insurance Association Insurance Federation of North Carolina, and National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, amici curiae.


AFFIRMED.

¶ 1 Plaintiff's petition for discretionary review is dismissed as improvidently allowed. Defendants' conditional petition for discretionary review is dismissed as improvidently allowed. Defendants' petition for writ of certiorari is dismissed as moot.

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