Canady v. McLeod

McCRODDEN, Judge. ■

Plaintiff assigns error to the trial court’s granting of summary judgment for defendant Capers. We have reviewed plaintiff’s arguments and affirm the trial court.

A trial court may grant a motion for summary judgment only when there is no genuine issue as to any material fact, and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1A-1, Rule 56(c) (1990); Ballenger v. Crowell, 38 N.C. App. 50, 53, 247 S.E.2d 287, 290 (1978). Where a case involves either (1) a claim or defense which is utterly baseless in fact or (2) a controversy on a question of law on…