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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No.  339PA99
FILED:  3 MARCH  2000
WALTER L. HOISINGTON, as Guardian Ad Litem for JILL LEE MARKER,
an incompetent,
Plaintiff
v.
ZT-WINSTON-SALEM ASSOCIATES, ZAREMBA ASSOCIATES LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, ZAREMBA REALTY CORPORATION, TOYS  “R” US, INC., TOYS
“R” US-DELAWARE, INC., WINSTON-SALEM RETAIL ASSOCIATES LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, CENTERPOINT SOUTHERN, INC., and THE WACKENHUT
CORPORATION,
Defendants
and
ZT-WINSTON-SALEM ASSOCIATES, ZAREMBA ASSOCIATES LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, ZAREMBA REALTY CORPORATION, TOYS  “R” US, INC., TOYS
“R” US-DELAWARE, INC., WINSTON-SALEM RETAIL ASSOCIATES LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, and CENTERPOINT SOUTHERN, INC.,
Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs
v.
THE TREE FACTORY, INC., d/b/a THE SILK PLANT FOREST,
Third-Party Defendant
On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S.  §  7A-31
and on writ of certiorari pursuant to N.C.G.S.  §  7A-32(b) of a
unanimous decision of the Court of Appeals,  ___ N.C. App.  ___,
516 S.E.2d  176  (1999), affirming an order of summary judgment in
favor of defendant Wackenhut Corporation entered by Wood, J., on
16 April  1998 in Superior Court, Forsyth County, and dismissing
the appeal of third-party defendant The Tree Factory.    Heard in
the Supreme Court  17 February  2000.
Comerford & Britt, L.L.P., by W. Thompson Comerford,
Jr., and Clifford Britt, for plaintiff-appellant Walter
Hoisington.




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Moss & Mason, by Joseph W. Moss and Matthew L. Mason,
for defendant/third-party plaintiff-appellants
ZT-Winston-Salem Associates; Zaremba Associates Limited
Partnership; Zaremba Realty Corporation; Toys  “R” US-
Delaware, Inc.; and Winston-Salem Retail Associates
Limited Partnership.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., by Allan R.
Gitter, Richard T. Rice, and Jack M. Strauch, for
defendant-appellee The Wackenhut Corporation.
Hedrick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe, L.L.P., by
Paul C. Lawrence, for third-party defendant-appellant
The Tree Factory, Inc.
PER CURIAM.
DISCRETIONARY REVIEW AND WRIT OF CERTIORARI
IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.
Justice MARTIN did not participate in the consideration
or decision of this case.

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