Is a personal guaranty a separate agreement from the underlying contract it guarantees? The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently considered this issue inFriday Investments, LLC v. Bally Total Fitness of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc., 2017 WL 3254773 (N.C. Ct. App., Aug. 1, 2017). The case was decided by a 2-1 decision, with Judge Tyson delivering the opinion of the Court and Judge Elmore dissenting by a separate opinion.