Cox v. Dine-A-Mate, Inc.

SMITH, Judge.

Defendants assign error to the trial court’s denial of defendants’ motion to dismiss, contending that the trial court should have enforced the forum selection clause in plaintiff’s employment agreement with Dine-A-Mate. First, we examine whether the appeal on this issue is properly before the Court. Generally, a party has no right to appeal an interlocutory order. N.C. Dept. of Transportation v. Page, 119 N.C. App. 730, 733, 460 S.E.2d 332, 334 (1995). However, “an appeal is permitted under N.C. Gen. Stat. § l-277(a) and 7A-27(d)(l) if the trial court’s decision deprives the…