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ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. v. SWAIN ELEC. CO.

No. 181PA90.

403 S.E.2d 291 (1991)

328 N.C. 651

ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO. OF DURHAM, INC. v. SWAIN ELECTRICAL CO., INC., Davidson and Jones Construction Company, and Winstons Venture I, a North Carolina Partnership.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pulley, Watson, King & Hofler, P.A. by R. Hayes Hofler and Michael J. O'Foghludha, Durham, for plaintiff-appellee.

Manning, Fulton & Skinner by John I. Mabe, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellants Davidson and Jones Const. Co. and Winstons Venture I.

Johnston, Taylor, Allison & Hord by James W. Allison and Greg C. Ahlum, Raleigh, for Carolinas AGC, Inc., amicus curiae.

Weinstein & Sturges, P.A. by L. Holmes Eleazer, Jr., and Fenton T. Erwin, Jr., Charlotte, for American Subcontractors Association, Inc., amicus curiae.

MEYER, Justice.

In 1986, defendant-appellant Winstons Venture I (hereinafter the "Owner") hired defendant-appellant Davidson and Jones Construction Company (hereinafter the "Contractor") to build a Comfort Inn motel in Durham. The Contractor in turn hired Swain Electrical Co., Inc. (hereinafter the "First-tier Subcontractor"), to install electrical systems in the project. The First-tier Subcontractor subcontracted with the plaintiff-appellee, Electric Supply Co. of...

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