LIBBY HILL SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS v. OWENS

No. 8221SC753.

303 S.E.2d 565 (1983)

LIBBY HILL SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC. v. Edward P. OWENS and wife, Nancy P. Owens, J.R. Yarbrough, Susanna R. Gwyn, and Idle Wilde Land and Cattle Co.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams, Kleemeier, Hagan, Hannah & Fouts by Walter L. Hannah, Charles T. Hagan, III, and Beth H. Daniel, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Weston P. Hatfield and Carol L. Allen, Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellees.


HILL, Judge.

The sole question for decision is whether plaintiff's evidence, when considered in the light most favorable to plaintiff, is sufficient as a matter of law for submission to the jury. We hold that it is not. However, even if sufficient evidence of wrongdoing has been offered, plaintiff is contributorily negligent as a matter of law. We therefore affirm the judgment below.

Plaintiff's evidence tends to...

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