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In Buffa, the Court of Appeals explained that "[e]gregious or aggravating circumstances must be alleged before the provisions of the [UDTPA] may take effect.
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No. COA16-237
12-30-2016
Peter BUFFA and wife, Stacy Buffa, Plaintiffs, v. CYGNATURE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, INC. ; Granite Hardwoods, Inc.; The Hardwood Company; Windsor Window Company d/b/a Windsor Windows and Doors; Christopher Wotell; and Gary Sovel, Defendants.
Whitfield Bryson & Mason LLP, by Daniel K. Bryson and Matthew E. Lee, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellants and cross-appellees. Young, Morphis, Bach & Taylor, LLP, Hickory, by Paul E. Culpepper and Timothy D. Swanson, for defendant-appellees Cygnature Construction and Development, Inc., Christopher Wotell, and Gary Sovel. Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, by Hannah Styron Symonds, for defendant-appellees and cross-appellants Granite Hardwoods, Inc., and The Hardwood Company. Goldberg Segalla LLP, Greensboro, by John I. Malone, Jr., and Leigh R. Trigilio, and Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A., by Jeffrey M. Markowitz admitted pro hac vice, for defendant-appellee Windsor Window Company. Block, Crouch, Keeter, Behm & Sayed, LLP, Wilmington, by Christopher K. Behm, for amicus curiae North Carolina Advocates for Justice.
AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART.