NORWOOD v. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO.

No. 57.

279 S.E.2d 559 (1981)

Marion C. NORWOOD v. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watson, King & Hofler by Malvern F. King, Jr. and R. Hayes Hofler III, Durham, for plaintiff-appellant.

Haywood, Denny & Miller, by John D. Haywood and Charles H. Hobgood, Durham, for defendant-appellee.

Pollock, Fullenwider, Cunningham & Pittman, by Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr., Southern Pines, for North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


CARLTON, Justice.

I.

Plaintiff filed this suit for serious personal injuries sustained when she tripped over a raised platform in defendant's store. The gravamen of plaintiff's claim was the alleged negligence of defendant and its agents in constructing the pallet without a kick board, in placing the platform in the store so that one of its corners extended several inches into the aisle, and in placing a display on the platform that drew the patrons' attention...

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