INVESTORS TITLE INS. CO. v. HERZIG

No. 28PA91.

413 S.E.2d 268 (1992)

330 N.C. 681

INVESTORS TITLE INSURANCE CO. v. David F. HERZIG, Jerry S. Chesson, Southeastern Shelter Corporation, Lee L. Corum, and Everett, Creech, Hancock & Herzig, a Partnership.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxwell & Hutson, P.A. by James H. Hughes and Robyn R. Compton Whitman, Durham, for plaintiff-appellee.

McCall & James by Randolph M. James and M. Lee Decker, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant Southeastern Shelter Corp.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice by G. Eugene Boyce and Elizabeth L. Riley, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant Everett, Creech, Hancock & Herzig.


MARTIN, Justice.

In this appeal this Court is faced for the first time with the issue of whether a cause of action for unfair practices is assignable. For the reasons later related, we hold that such cause is not assignable. We also discuss additional issues presented by defendant Southeastern Shelter Corporation and find them to be without merit.

This is an action arising out of an attorney's fraudulent certification of a title insurance application. On 29...

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