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COOK v. CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM

No. 743.

85 S.E.2d 696 (1955)

241 N.C. 422

R. W. COOK v. CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM and Sherrill Paving Company.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 4, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deal, Hutchins & Minor, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble, Carlyle, Martin & Sandridge, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee City of Winston-Salem.

Jordan & Wright and Perry C. Henson, Greensboro, for defendant-appellee Sherrill Paving Co.

PARKER, Justice.

The law in respect to liability for injury to a pedestrian due to condition of street as affected by his blindness or other physical disability is clearly stated in 141 A.L.R. Annotation II, pp. 721-722: "It is the general rule that those charged with duties respecting the condition of public ways open to pedestrians must exercise due and reasonable care to keep them reasonably safe for travel by the public, including those who are blind or suffer...

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