McCallum v. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service of N.C. Carolina State University

HORTON, Judge.

The denial of summary judgment is not a final judgment, but rather is interlocutory in nature. We do not review interlocutory orders as a matter of course. Veazey v. Durham, 231 N.C. 357, 361-62, 57 S.E.2d 377, 381, reh’g denied, 232 N.C. 744, 59 S.E.2d 429 (1950). If, however, “the trial court’s decision deprives the appellant of a substantial right which would be lost absent immediate reviewf,]” we may review the appeal under N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 1-277(a) and 7A-27(d)(1). N.C. Dept. of Transportation v. Page, 119 N.C. App. 730, 734, 460 S.E.2d 332, 334 (1995). The moving party…