669 S.E.2d 321 (2008)
Julius Caeser MOORE
No. 330A08.
Julius Caeser MOORE
v.
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY and Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
No. 330A08.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
December 12, 2008.Crawford & Crawford, LLP, by Robert O. Crawford, III; and Hemmings & Stevens, P.L.L.C., by Aaron C. Hemmings, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.
George L. Simpson III, Raleigh, for defendant-appellees.
Twiggs, Beskind, Strickland & Rabenau, P.A., by Jerome P. Trehy, Jr., Raleigh, for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.
Battle, Winslow, Scott & Wiley, P.A., by M. Greg Crumpler, Rocky Mount, for the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae.
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.