Gibbons v. CIT GROUP/SALES FINANCING, INC.

WELLS, Judge.

Defendant brings forward five assignments of error from the order of the trial court, contending that the court erred in allowing in part plaintiffs’ motion to compel, denying its motions for protective orders, allowing pre-certification communications with potential class members, and refusing to impose a plan of discovery. We affirm.

It is well settled that orders pertaining to discovery matters are interlocutory and ordinarily are not appealable. Hale v. Leisure, 100 N.C. App. 163, 394 S.E.2d 665 (1990). Since this case presents important questions of the degree of trial court…