Leake v. Sunbelt Ltd. of Raleigh

EAGLES, Judge.

Plaintiffs Barbuti and Fraser appeal the trial court’s order of summary judgment against them. The defendants appeal the trial court’s failure to grant their motion for summary judgment against thirteen other plaintiffs. As to plaintiffs Barbuti and Fraser, we affirm in part and reverse in part. Defendants’ appeal from denial of their summary judgment motion is interlocutory and, accordingly, is dismissed.

Summary judgment is a drastic remedy. The purpose is to save time and money for litigants in those instances where there is no dispute as to any material fact. Dendy v.…