DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC v. KISER

No. 398PA21.

886 S.E.2d 99 (2023)

DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC, v. Michael L. KISER, Robin S. Kiser, and Sunset Keys, LLC v. Thomas E. Schmitt and Karen A. Schmitt, et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed April 28, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kiran H. Mehta , Charlotte, Christopher G. Browning Jr. , Raleigh, and Victoria A. Alvarez , Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

TLG Law f/k/a Redding Jones, PLLC, Charlotte, by Ty Kimmell McTier and David G. Redding , for defendant-appellees.

David P. Parker , Statesville, for third-party defendant-appellants Thomas E. Schmitt, Karen A. Schmitt, Linda Gail Combs, and [the Estate of] Robert Donald Shepard.

Mark L. Childers and Kevin C. Donaldson , Mooresville, for other third-party defendant-appellants.

No brief for third-party defendant-appellants Donald Reid Hankins , William Claypoole , Val Rhae Claypoole , Theodore H. Corriher , and Tommy L. Wallace .


This case requires us to determine Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC's1 scope of authority under an easement it acquired in order to create Lake Norman. Specifically, we consider, once the lake is created, whether this easement grants Duke the right to allow third-party homeowners to build structures over...

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