Kawai America Corp. v. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

567 S.E.2d 215 (2002)

KAWAI AMERICA CORPORATION and Piedmont Music, Inc. d/b/a North Carolina Artisan Select, Plaintiffs,

v.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, Defendant.

No. COA01-1145.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 6, 2002.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Celia Grasty Lata, for defendant-appellant.

Horton, Sloan & Gerber, P.L.L.C., by Norman L. Sloan, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellees.

HUDSON, Judge.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (the "University") appeals an order denying its motion to dismiss plaintiffs' claims for conversion…