Boone Ford, Inc. v. IME Scheduler, Inc.

ELMORE, Judge.

*170 Previously, a divided panel of this Court, Boone Ford, Inc. v. IME Scheduler, Inc. , --- N.C. App. ----, 800 S.E.2d 94 (2017) (" Boone Ford I "), vacated Judge Hunt's pretrial consolidation order, which effectively set aside the jury verdict and vacated Judge Coward's final judgment, and "remand[ed] the cases to superior court[,]" id. at ----, 800 S.E.2d at 98 , for two separate trials. The majority panel thus determined its "holding and disposition render[ed] moot the other issues [as to the propriety of Judge Coward's judgment] raised on appeal." Id. The dissenting judge…