RIVES v. GREAT ATL. AND PAC. TEA CO.

No. 8310SC113.

315 S.E.2d 724 (1984)

Ethel Lee RIVES v. GREAT ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC TEA COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michaels & Jernigan by Leonard T. Jernigan, Jr., Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Patterson, Dilthey, Clay, Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog by Ronald C. Dilthey, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.


WEBB, Judge.

We believe the trial court erred in directing a verdict for the defendant. It is well established that the owner or proprietor of a business is not an insurer of the safety of his customers, however, the proprietor has the duty to exercise ordinary care to keep the aisles and passageways of his store, where customers are expected to go, in a reasonably safe condition so as not to expose customers unnecessarily to danger, and to give warning of hidden...

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