Looney v. Wilson

WELLS, Judge.

We first address, ex mero motu, whether this appeal must be dismissed as premature. A preliminary injunction is an interlocutory order. Iredell Digestive Disease Clinic v. Petrozza, 92 N.C. App. 21, 373 S.E.2d 449, affirmed, 324 N.C. 327, 377 S.E.2d 750 (1989) (citing Pruitt v. Williams, 288 N.C. 368, 218 S.E.2d 348 (1975)). No appeal lies from an interlocutory order unless such order affects a substantial right of the appellant, N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 1-277(a), 7A-27(d)(1), the enforcement of which will be “lost, prejudiced or . . . less than adequately protected by exception to…