Green v. Freeman

STROUD, Judge.

This case comes to us on remand from the North Carolina Supreme Court, which reversed this Court’s prior opinion and remanded for us to consider the issue of agency. We affirm the trial court’s order allowing defendant Corinna’s motion for directed verdict on the issue of agency.

I. Background

The relevant background facts have been laid out by our Supreme Court in Green v. Freeman,_N.C._,_, 749 S.E.2d 262, 265-67 (2013) (Green I), and we will not repeat them here. The Supreme Court held that plaintiffs’ evidence on breach of fiduciary duty was insufficient as a matter of law, but…