First Mount Vernon Industrial Loan Ass'n v. Prodev XXII, LLC

GEER, Judge.

Plaintiff First Mount Vernon Industrial Loan Association (“FMV”) arid defendant ProDev XXII, LLC each filed motions seeking to have non-party appellant Norris G. Dillahunt, Jr. (“Dillahunt”) held in contempt of court under N.C.R. Civ. P. 45(e)(1) for failure to appear for a deposition in accordance with a duly served subpoena. Dillahunt appeals from the orders granting the motions and ordering him, pursuant to N.C.R. Civ. P. 37(d), to pay attorneys’ fees and expenses associated with the deposition and the motion. While the trial court could properly hold Dillahunt in contempt of…