PER CURIAM.
Pursuant to this Court’s opinion in Thigpen v. Ngo, 355 N.C. 198, 558 S.E.2d 162 (2002), the decision of the Court of Appeals is
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reversed in part and discretionary review was improvidently allowed in part.
REVERSED IN PART AND DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED IN PART.