N.C. FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INS. v. CARPENTER

No. COA21-588.

879 S.E.2d 313 (2022)

2022-NCCOA-677

NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, v. Joshua CARPENTER; All Pro Billiards & Spas, LLC; James Banks; Kenneth Barrett; Mary Belue as Personal Representative of the Estate of Delmer Eugene Belue; Shane Biddix; Douglas C. Browder; Jerry Buckner; Christopher A. Churchill as Executor of Estate of David Churchill; Paul Claus; James Climo, Jr.; Megan Climo; Jack Clinard; Louis Elders; Kimberly Ferguson; Anna Franks; William Good; Kimberly Grant; Linda Hartley; Clifton Hoyle Helms, Jr.; Candia Higgins; Roger Higgins; Dawson Hunter; Edward Ingle; Marilyn P. Ingle; Robert Laughter; Tina Ledford; Vicki McCarson; Vanessa Metcalf; Shelby Nix; Anthony Glenn Ownbey; William Parker; Stephen Parris; Brandon Payne; Marcia Reitz; Alber Rioux; Michael Rogers; Elizabeth Roper; Jimmy Rumfelt; Marvin Scott; Delmar Sherman; John Sherman; Rose Shetley; Jamin Skipper; Judy Smathers; Jimmy Thomas; Terri Tolley; Randal Weis; Harold Womick; Linda Woody; Phyillis Marie Young; North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services; Stephen Baldwin; Maxine Crawford; Jeremy Edmonds; John Gavin; Veronica Grier; Albert Isom; John Lyda; Timothy McFalls; Deborah Parham; Michael Petrey; Sharon Smith; Brett Temple; Ronal Monson; Peggy Duncan; Denice Williams; Crystal Holder; Randy Houston; James Clow; Maylon Arrington; Darell Douglas Cable; and Nathan Drew Walker, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed October 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young Moore and Henderson, P.A., by Walter E. Brock, Jr. , Raleigh, David W. Early , and William F. Lipscomb , Wilkesboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Patterson Harkavy LLP, by Christopher A. Brook , Raleigh, Wake County, and Narendra K. Ghosh , Chapel Hill, for defendants-appellees.

Barbour, Searson, Jones & Cash, PLLC, Asheville, by W. Bradford Searson , for Joshua Carpenter and All Pro Billiards & Spa, LLC, defendants-appellees.


¶ 1 Plaintiff appeals from an order entered by the trial court denying its motion for judgment on the pleadings. The trial court concluded Plaintiff has a duty under an insurance policy it issued to defend certain underlying claims and stayed this action pending additional determinations relevant to the scope of any duty of Plaintiffs...

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