Piazza v. Kirkbride

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 181A16 Filed 10 May 2019 LAWRENCE PIAZZA and SALVATORE LAMPURI v. DAVID KIRKBRIDE, GREGORY BRANNON, and ROBERT RICE Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 246 N.C. App. 576,

785 S.E.2d 695

(2016), affirming a judgment entered on 13 March 2014 and an order entered on 11 April 2014, both by Judge G. Bryan Collins, Jr., in Superior Court, Wake County. On 18 August 2016, the Supreme Court allowed defendant’s petition for discretionary review of additional issues. Heard in the Supreme Court on 20…