Ussery v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.

STEPHENS, Judge.

Factual Background and Procedural History

This appeal arises from communications involving Branch Banking and Trust Company (“Defendant” or “BB&T”), Mr. William T. Ussery (“Plaintiff’), and Mr. D. Wayne Barker (“Barker”) surrounding events occurring between November of 1999 and January of 2008. Before that time, the owners of a chair manufacturing business located in Rockingham, North Carolina, had approached Barker and Plaintiff to discuss the possibility of selling their struggling company, CAFCO. Barker had spent a number of years managing CAFCO, which manufactured chairs,…