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O'CARROLL v. TEXASGULF, INC.

No. COA98-443.

511 S.E.2d 313 (1999)

Al Patrick O'CARROLL, Administrator of the Estate of William C. O'Carroll, Plaintiff, v. TEXASGULF, INC., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Twiggs, Abrams, Strickland & Trehy, P.A., by Douglas B. Abrams, Raleigh, and Dill, Fountain, Hoyle & Pridgen, by William S. Hoyle, Rocky Mount, for plaintiff-appellant.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, L.L.P., by Samuel G. Thompson and Michael W. Mitchell, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee.

GREENE, Judge.

Al Patrick O'Carroll (Plaintiff), administrator of the Estate of William C. O'Carroll (Decedent), appeals from the jury's determination that Decedent's death was not caused by the negligence of Texasgulf, Inc. (Defendant).

On 18 January 1991, Decedent, who was employed by Roberts Industrial Contractors (Roberts) as a pipe welder, was crushed to death when the trench in which he was working collapsed.

Defendant obtained Roberts as an...

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