Legal Opinion

Turning Point v. Global Furniture

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided May 1, 2007No. COA06-1154PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TYSON, Judge.

Turning Point Industries, SDN BHD ("plaintiff") appeals from judgment entered granting summary judgment in favor of Geologistics Americas, Inc. ("defendant Geologistics"). We affirm.

I. Background

Plaintiff is a furniture broker and distributor. Defendant Geologistics is a carrier, warehouseman, and freight forwarder for various goods including furniture products distributed by plaintiff. Global Furniture, Inc. ("defendant Global") is a furniture company that imports, warehouses, and distributes furniture to retail companies.

On 7 October 2002, plaintiff wrote a memorandum to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

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