PASOUR v. PIERCE

No. 8427SC1233.

333 S.E.2d 314 (1985)

Nancy R. PASOUR v. Joseph S. PIERCE, Jr., Robert L. Heavner, John E. Jenkins, James I. Cox, and Larry L. Brittain, individually, and d/b/a Five Star Developers; Joseph S. Pierce, Jr., Robert L. Heavner, John E. Jenkins, James I. Cox, Larry L. Brittain, and Edward E. Stebbins, individually, and d/b/a Hospital Plaza Associates; Pierce, Heavner & Jenkins Builders, Inc., and the City of Gastonia, North Carolina.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris, Bumgardner & Carpenter by R. Dennis Lorance and Tim L. Harris, and Gray & Hodnett by James C. Gray, Gastonia, for plaintiff-appellee.

Stott, Hollowell, Palmer & Windham by Douglas P. Arthurs and Grady B. Stott, Gastonia, for defendants-appellants.


COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff brought this personal injury action against the designers and owners of an office building. Upon leaving the building, plaintiff suffered a broken ankle when her heel caught on a step-off at the front entranceway. Defendants denied negligence and alleged that the plaintiff had been contributorily negligent. After a jury trial, plaintiff was awarded $25,000. On appeal, defendants' assignments of error concern the trial court's refusal to allow...

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