Consolidated Textiles, Inc. v. Sprague

ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Contex has filed a motion to dismiss defendant’s appeal as interlocutory, and argues that a substantial right is not affected by the injunction because Sprague continues to work as a salesman for Stein. For the reasons stated below, the motion is allowed.

“No appeal lies from a trial court’s grant of an interlocutory preliminary injunction unless the defendant would be deprived of a substantial right which he would lose absent a review prior to final determination.” Triangle Leasing Co. v. McMahon, 96 N.C. App. 140, 146, 385 S.E.2d 360, 363 (1989), aff’d in part, rev’d in…