PITTS v. AMERICAN SECURITY INSURANCE CO

The Blount Law Firm, P.L.L.C., by Marvin K. Blount, Jr., for plaintiff-appellee. Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell Jernigan, L.L.P., by Carl N. Patterson, Jr., and Donald H. Tucker, Jr., for defendant-appellants American Security Insurance Company and Standard Guaranty Insurance Company. Womble Carlyle Sandridge Rice, by Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., Hada V. Haulsee, and Reid C. Adams, Jr., for defendant-appellant Wachovia Bank of North Carolina, N.A. Bell, Davis Pitt, P.A., by William K. Davis and Stephen M. Russell, on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and United Services Automobile Association, amici curiae. North Carolina Justice Center, by Carlene McNulty, on behalf of AARP, CRA-NC, Financial Protection Law Center, North Carolina Consumer's Council, North Carolina Justice and Community Development Center, and N.C. PIRG, amici curiae; and Financial Protection Law Center, by Mallam J. Maynard, amicus curiae. Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey Leonard, L.L.P., by Edward C. Winslow III and Clinton R. Pinyan, on behalf of North Carolina Bankers Association, amicus curiae. Rhoda Billings; and Robinson, Bradshaw Hinson, P.A., by John M. Conley, on behalf of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry, amicus curiae. Lewis Roberts, PLLC, by Gary W. Jackson, on behalf of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation, Inc., amici curiae.