SKINNER v. PIGGLY WIGGLY OF LaGRANGE, INC.

No. 798SC494.

262 S.E.2d 709 (1980)

Estelle SKINNER v. PIGGLY WIGGLY OF LaGRANGE, INC., and Harvey S. Hines Company, a corporation doing business as Coca Cola Bottling Company of Kinston.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke & Brown by John E. Duke, Goldsboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Taylor, Warren, Kerr & Walker by Robert D. Walker, Jr., Freeman, Edwards & Vinson by H. Jack Edwards, Goldsboro, for defendants-appellees.


CLARK, Judge.

The sole issue in this case is whether there was sufficient evidence from which a jury could infer actionable negligence on the part of either of the defendants. We hold that the record in this case would not support a finding of actionable negligence.

The record is devoid of any facts that show specific acts of negligence on the part of defendants, that defendants had actual or implied knowledge of...

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