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GRIFFIN v. WOODARD

No. COA96-877.

486 S.E.2d 240 (1997)

Clyde GRIFFIN, Administrator of the Estate of Christopher Griffin, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Marvin WOODARD, Belfast Volunteer Fire Fighters, Inc., and Edwin Beamon, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 1, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward and Smith, P.A. by Donald S. Higley, II and A. Charles Ellis; and McLawhorn & Associates by Charles L. McLawhorn, Jr., Greenville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gaylord, McNally, Strickland & Snyder, L.L.P. by Danny D. McNally, Greenville, for defendant-appellee Marvin Woodard.

Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P. by Derek M. Crump and Travis K. Morton, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee Belfast Volunteer Fire Fighters, Inc.

Wallace, Morris, Barwick & Rochelle, P.A. by Thomas H. Morris and William E. Manning, Jr., Kinston, for defendant-appellee Edwin Beamon.

WALKER, Judge.

On 15 January 1994, eleven-year-old Christopher Griffin (Christopher) was visiting his uncle, the Reverend Anthony Ward (Ward). He spent the day playing with Ward's nine-year-old daughter, Lauren Ward (Lauren) and Ward's nine-year-old neighbor, Joshua Short (Joshua). At different times during the day, the children were playing in and around the remains of a burned farmhouse located on a tract of land owned by defendant Woodard and leased by defendant...

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