Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Chantos

BRANCH, Justice.

At the threshold of this case, we consider it proper to state that our denial of certiorari in the case of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Chantos, 25 N.C. App. 482, 214 S.E. 2d 438, cert. denied, 287 N.C. 465, 215 S.E. 2d 624, does not necessarily constitute approval of the reasoning or the merits of that decision. In the appeal now before us, we may consider any error which has occurred during the course of this litigation, provided the parties have taken proper steps to preserve the questions for appellate review. Peaseley v. Coke Co., 282 N.C. 585, 194 S.E. 2d 133.

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