GASKILL v. GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA COMPANY

No. 693SC529.

171 S.E.2d 95 (1969)

6 N.C. App. 690

Bertie Lewis GASKILL v. The GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, Inc.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Bennett, Morehead City, for plaintiff appellant.

Harvey Hamilton, Jr., Morehead City, for defendant appellee.


FRANK M. PARKER, Judge.

A customer entering a store during business hours attains the status of an invitee of the proprietor. Morgan v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 266 N.C. 221, 145 S.E.2d 877. This relationship, however, does not make the proprietor an insurer of his customers safety while on his premises. Routh v. Hudson-Belk Co., 263 N.C. 112,

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