Baird Stokes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA EASTERN DIVISION No. 4:22-CV-00066-BO BAIRD STOKES, ) Appellant, v. ORDER BELHAVEN SHIPYARD AND MARINA, INC. d/b/a RIVER FOREEST __) SHIPYARD and WILLIAM AXSON ) SMITH, JR., ) Appellees. This cause comes before the Court on appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. In 2019, Baird Stokes purchased a 39-foot 1983 Freedom Sailboat. The Sailboat needed some repairs, so Stokes sailed it to the Belhaven Shipyard in North Carolina. The Shipyard dry- docked it and began to repair the hull.…