Goins v. Puleo

MITCHELL, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented for review before this Court is whether the Court of Appeals erred by affirming the trial court’s order denying defendants’ motion for summary judgment based on their contention that plaintiff had failed to timely respond to their request for admissions as required by N.C.G.S. § 1A-1, Rule 36. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that plaintiff did not comply with Rule 36 of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure and that the trial court erred by entering the order denying summary judgment in favor of defendants on that basis.…