Whiteco Industries, Inc. v. Harrington

McCRODDEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s order granting attorney’s fees to petitioner pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 6-19.1 (1986). The North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT) presents for review four arguments representing ten assignments of error. As in the companion case, Whiteco v. Harrelson, 111 N.C. App. 815, 434 S.E.2d 229 (1993) (Harrelson), we address the jurisdictional question, but we do so only briefly since the analysis used in that case applies to this one as well. Also as in Harrelson, we reverse the trial court on the issue of substantial…