Lawyers Mutual Liability Insurance v. Pollard

ARNOLD, Chief Judge. .

In its first of two assignments of error, Lawyers Mutual contends the trial court abused its discretion in staying the North Carolina declaratory judgment action. The trial court granted the stay pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-75.12 (1983), which provides as follows:(a) When Stay May Be Granted. — If, in any action pending in any court of this State, the judge shall find that it would work substantial injustice for the action to be tried in a court of this State, the judge on motion of any party may enter an order to stay further proceedings in the action in this State.…