Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 22nd day of August 2006 by Defendants/Third Party Plaintiffs (Assurance Company of America, et al) in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, 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 25th day of January 2007."
Justice EDMUNDS recused.