PER CURIAM.
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A–30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ––– N.C.App. ––––, 713 S.E.2d 732 (2011), finding error in a judgment entered on 17 October 2008 and an order entered on 30 March 2009, both by Judge Anderson D. Cromer in Superior Court, Watauga County, and remanding for a new trial. Heard in the Supreme Court on 11 January 2012. Brown Moore & Associates, PLLC, Charlotte, by R. Kent Brown, for plaintiff-appellees. Clawson & Staubes, PLLC, Charlotte, by Andrew J. Santaniello and Summer D. Eudy, for defendant-appellant Town of Blowing Rock. Poisson, Poisson & Bower, PLLC, Wilmington, by E. Stewart Poisson; and Goldsmith, Goldsmith & Dews, P.A., Marion, by Frank Goldsmith, for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.
REVERSED.