648 S.E.2d 843 (2007)
PROGRESS ENERGY
No. 118A07.
PROGRESS ENERGY
v.
STRICKLAND.
No. 118A07.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
June 27, 2007.Norman W. Shearin, Jr., Kitty Hawk, for Strickland.
Burley B. Mitchell, Jr., John C. Cooke, Raleigh, Elizabeth T. Smith, Garris Neil Yarborough, Fayetteville, for Progress Energy.
The following order has been entered on the motion filed on the 29th day of May 2007 by Defendant to Withdraw Appeal:
"Motion Allowed by order of the Court in conference this the 27th day of June 2007."