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Poyner Spruill recently prevailed before the North Carolina Court of Appeals. On December 31 st, 2020, in Wright Construction Services, Inc. v. Hard Art Studio, PLLC,[1] the court reversed the Wake County Superior Court and ruled that architects and engineers may not defend themselves from tort liability on the basis of a contractor’s failure to obtain licensure prior to entering into a construction contract. Factual and Procedural Background: The core issue in the case turned on the general contractor’s licensure status at the time it entered a construction contract with the project owner: the contractor executed the contract before obtaining its general contractor’s license.[2] Under North Carolina law, such contracts may be enforced by the project owner but are unenforceable by the contractor.[3] Nevertheless, the contractor in ....