Alderete v. Sunbelt Furniture Xpress

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NORTH CAROLINA No. COA23-896 Filed 21 May 2024 Catawba County, No. 22 CVS 2821 ANDREW ALDERETE, Plaintiff, v. SUNBELT FURNITURE XPRESS, INC., Defendant. Appeal by defendant from order entered 6 June 2023 by Judge Gregory Hayes in Catawba County Superior Court. Heard in the Court of Appeals 19 March 2024. Cromer Babb & Porter, LLC, by Jacob Modla, for plaintiff-appellee. Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo LLP, by M. Duane Jones, G. Anderson Stein, and Mary K. Harris, for defendant-appellant. THOMPSON, Judge. Sunbelt Furniture Xpress, Inc. (defendant) appeals from…