ESTATE OF JIGGETTS v. CITY OF GASTONIA

No. COA97-389.

497 S.E.2d 287 (1998)

ESTATE of Jeremiah JIGGETTS, by and through its Co-Administrators Grace JIGGETTS and Ralph Jiggetts, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF GASTONIA, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

January 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Street Law Offices by Edgar F. Bogle, Gastonia, for plaintiff-appellants.

Stott, Hollowell, Palmer & Windham, L.L.P. by Martha Raymond Thompson, Gastonia, for defendant-appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

Grace and Ralph Jiggetts, co-administrators of the estate of Jeremiah Jiggetts (plaintiffs), instituted this action against the City of Gastonia, North Carolina (the City), seeking compensatory damages for the wrongful death of their son, Jeremiah Jiggetts. On the morning of 4 October 1994, Jeremiah was walking to school in a northerly direction along Lyon Street, a municipal street located in the City. As...

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