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COASTAL CHEMICAL v. GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES

No. 823SC947.

303 S.E.2d 642 (1983)

COASTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Lloyds, New York, and National Union Fire Insurance Company v. GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES, INC. d/b/a Dictograph Security Systems.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trauner, King & Cohen by Russell S. Thomas, Atlanta, Ga., and Charles R. Hardee, James, Hite, Cavendish & Blount, Greenville, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Nichols, Caffrey, Hill, Evans & Murrelle by Thomas C. Duncan and R. Thompson Wright, Greensboro, for defendant-appellant.

WHICHARD, Judge.

I.

Plaintiff's original complaint alleged the following:

On or about 19 February 1979 a warehouse belonging to plaintiff Coastal Chemical Corporation (hereafter Coastal), and the goods therein, were destroyed by fire. The warehouse was protected by a security system which was programmed to call various authorities in the event fire or smoke was detected by its sensors. The system failed properly to operate or to notify the authorities...

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