FIRST GASTON BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA v. City of Hickory

FIRST GASTON BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF HICKORY, VERNA AND ASSOCIATES, INC., VERNA ENGINEERING, P.C., and PETER J. VERNA, JR., Defendants.

No. COA08-1017

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed April 7, 2009

This case not for publication

Smith, Cooksey & Vickstrom, PLLC, by Neil C. Cooksey and Steven L. Smith, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog, LLP, by Patrick H. Flanagan and Amy E. Fitzgerald, for City of Hickory defendant-appellee.

GEER, Judge.

Plaintiff First Gaston Bank of North Carolina appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgment to defendant…