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BECK v. CAROLINA POWER AND LIGHT CO.

No. 8110SC833.

291 S.E.2d 897 (1982)

Sheila Locklear BECK, Administratrix of the Estate of Daryl Ivan Beck, Deceased v. CAROLINA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thorp, Anderson & Slifkin by Anne R. Slifkin and William L. Thorp, Raleigh, Locklear, Brooks & Jacobs by Dexter Brooks, Pembroke, for plaintiff-appellee.

Fred D. Poisson and Manning, Fulton & Skinner by Howard E. Manning, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.

ROBERT M. MARTIN, Judge.

THE JURY CHARGE ON THE ISSUE OF NEGLIGENCE

Defendant's first argument on appeal is that the trial court failed to properly instruct the jury on the issue of negligence. The trial court instructed:

What is negligence? It's a lack of ordinary care. It's a failure to do what a reasonably careful and prudent person would have done, or the doing of something which a reasonably careful and prudent person would not have done; considering...

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