City of Wilmington v. North Carolina Natural Gas Corp.

EAGLES, Judge.

Plaintiff asserts that the trial court erred by granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment based on defendant’s third, fourth, fifth, and eighth defenses in its answer. After careful review of the record, we affirm. We will separately address each defense on which the trial court granted summary judgment.

First, we review the standard for granting a summary judgment motion. A court grants a motion for summary judgment when “the evidence before the court demonstrates that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that a party is entitled to a judgment as a matter…