Petition by defendants for discretionary review pursuant to G.S. 7A-31 allowed 18 December 2001 for the limited purpose of remanding to the Court of Appeals for reconsideration in light of Johnson v. First Union Corp., 131 N.C. App. 142, 504 S.E.2d 808 (1998), review allowed, 349 N.C. 529, 526 S.E.2d 126 (1998), review improvidently allowed, 351 N.C. 339, 525 S.E.2d 171 (2000). See In re Civil Penalty, 324 N.C. 373, 379 S.E.2d (1981).