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LANE v. R.N. ROUSE & CO.

No. COA98-1402.

521 S.E.2d 137 (1999)

Kathy Sauls LANE, as the Administrator of the Estate of Simon Craig Lane, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. R.N. ROUSE & COMPANY, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 2, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, L.L.P., by Martha A. Geer, Raleigh, and Taft Taft & Haigler, P.A., by Thomas F. Taft, Sr., Greenville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., by Allan R. Gitter and Alison R. Bost, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellant.

HUNTER, Judge.

This case arises from the death of Simon Craig Lane ("decedent") in a construction accident occurring on 21 June 1993 in Cumberland County. Defendant, R.N. Rouse & Co., Inc. ("Rouse") appeals from the judgment based on the jury verdict in favor of decedent's estate, finding negligence by the defendant but no contributory negligence by decedent. We find no error by the trial court.

Rouse was the general contractor on the Wellman building...

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