686 S.E.2d 152 (2009)

Richard A. FRANCO, Jr.
v.
LIPOSCIENCE, INC.

No. 255A09.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 11, 2009.

James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A., by Richard B. Fennell and Preston O. Odom, III, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., by Phillip J. Strach, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.