Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendants (Wortham, Pechie and Peele) on the 15th day of November 2004 for rehearing of the decision of this Court pursuant to Rule 31, N.C. Rules of Appellate Procedure, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 3rd day of February 2005."