IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA No. 98A24 Filed 13 December 2024 BUILDERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. DANIEL R. NEIBEL, individually and d/b/a DAN THE MAN CONSTRUCTION

Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) (2023) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 293 N.C. App. 1 (2024), affirming a summary judgment order entered on 22 July 2022 by Judge Margaret P. Eagles in District Court, Wake County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 30 October 2024.

Stuart Law Firm, PLLC, by William A. Piner II, for plaintiff-appellee.

Buckmiller, Boyette & Frost, PLLC, by Joseph Z. Frost and Matthew W.

Buckmiller, for defendant-appellant.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.