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BOWMAN v. BOWMAN

No. 8422SC608.

330 S.E.2d 4 (1985)

Michael Rayford BOWMAN and wife, Diane St. Clair Bowman v. Phillip Carroll BOWMAN and Venus Patterson Bowman.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick, Harper & Dixon by Stephen M. Thomas, Hickory, and Richard L. Gwaltney, Taylorsville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Patton, Starnes, Thompson & Aycock by Thomas M. Starnes, Morganton, for defendants-appellees.

COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff Michael Bowman agreed to help defendant Phillip Bowman, his brother, nail shingles to the side of the defendants' house under construction. A wooden scaffold constructed by Phillip Bowman and his father approximately thirteen (13) to fourteen (14) feet above the ground collapsed, and Michael Bowman was seriously injured in the resulting fall. The collapse was caused by the breaking of a support timber which had been weakened by dry rot. Plaintiffs...

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