
    Earl G. BROWN; Emma L. Brown; Richard B. Evans; Peggy F. Evans; Catherine Ann Evans; Richard Tim Evans; Clarence Farrell; Kathyrn Farrell; Robert Powell, Sr.; Ruth Maxine Powell; Lattice Curl, and wife Evelyn Curl; Lewis Boger and wife Kathy Boger, Plaintiffs v. AMERICAN MULTIMEDIA, INC.; Ami; A.M.I., Inc.; American Media International, LCC; American Media International, Ltd.; Burlington Property, LLC; Bill and Peggy Britt Limited Partnership; David J. Forsyth; Billy B. Britt; Peggy G. Britt; and Jerry C. Jones, Jr., Defendants. American Multimedia, Inc.; American Media International, LLC; Burlington Property, LLC; Bill and Peggy Britt Limited Partnership; David J. Forsyth; Billy B. Britt; Peggy G. Britt; Jerry C. Jones, Jr.; Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Heritage Casket Company, Inc.; Marsellus Casket Company, Inc.; Service Corporation International, Third-Party Defendants.
    No. 357P05.
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    October 6, 2005.
    Robert J. King, III, Greensboro, Katherine A. Murphy, Alexander Elkan, for American Multimedia, et al.
    Tracy E. Tomlin, Charlotte, for Heritage Casket Co., et al.
    ORDER
   Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 7th day of July 2005 by Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs 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 6th day of October 2005."  