
    George P. HUNTER, Jr. and Annette Hunter in their individual capacities, and Amy S. Hunter, Michael S. Hunter, and G. Patrick Hunter III, as trustees of the Charlotte Insurance Trust Agreement v. THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Consolidated Planning, Inc., Robert M. Ball, Todd H. Dickens and Lang Macbain.
    No. 108P04.
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    June 24, 2004.
    Matthew W. Sawchak, Stephen C. Keadey, Raleigh, James P. Carroll, Charlotte, for The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.
    Paul D. Choates, Greensboro, G. Wade Caldwell, San Antonio, TX, for Hunter et al.
    Frederick K. Sharpless, Eugene E. Lester, III, Greensboro, for Consolidated Planning, Inc., Robert Ball, Todd H. Dickens, and Lang MacBain.
    ORDER
   Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 9th day of March 2004 by Defendant (Consolidated Planning, Inc., Robert M. Ball, Todd H. Dickens, and Lang MacBain) 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 24th day of June 2004."  