WEST v. KING'S DEPT. STORE, INC.

No. 466A87.

365 S.E.2d 621 (1988)

William Howard WEST, Jr., and wife, Carolyn Sue West v. KING'S DEPARTMENT STORE, INC.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pfefferkorn, Pishko, & Elliot, P.A. by Ellen R. Gelbin and William G. Pfefferkorn, Winston-Salem, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice by Richard T. Rice and J. Daniel McNatt, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee.


FRYE, Justice.

Plaintiffs' evidence tends to show that on 7 November 1981, plaintiffs, William and Carolyn West, packed their three children and Mr. West's mother into their Ford Bronco and set out for the "Giant Liquidation Sale" held that day at King's Department Store. When they arrived, they found the store quite disorganized and the merchandise displaced and picked-over. Nonetheless, their search for bargains began.

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