T'ai Co. v. Market Square Ltd. Partnership

GREENE, Judge.

Plaintiff sued defendants for compensatory and punitive damages alleging breach of contract, wrongful interference with contract, fraud, conversion and unfair trade practices. Defendants, Market Square Limited Partnership and Pat Walters, denied these claims and counterclaimed for attorney’s fees pursuant to N.C.G.S. Sec. 6-21.5 (1986) and N.C.G.S. Sec. 75-16.1(2) (1985) alleging plaintiffs claims were frivolous, malicious, and without merit.

Default was entered against defendant, Albert Hakimian, as he had failed to plead in response to the complaint. In response to a motion…