LOVELACE v. CITY OF SHELBY

No. 312A99.

526 S.E.2d 652 (2000)

Sharon Lynn LOVELACE, Administratrix of the Estate of Shayla Meagen Moore, and Sharon Lynn Lovelace, Individually v. CITY OF SHELBY and Thomas Lowell Lee.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 7, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deaton & Biggers, P.L.L.C., by W. Robinson Deaton, Jr., and Lydia A. Hoza; and Hamrick, Mauney, Flowers, Martin & Moore, by Fred A. Flowers, Shelby, for plaintiff-appellant.

Scott, Hollowell, Palmer & Windham, LLP, by Martha Raymond Thompson, Gastonia, for defendant-appellee City of Shelby.


ORR, Justice.

Plaintiff, Sharon Lynn Lovelace, individually and in her capacity as administratrix of the estate of her deceased daughter, Shayla Meagan Moore (Shayla), initiated this action against defendants on 5 November 1997. Plaintiff alleged that defendant City of Shelby (City) was negligent in the dispatch of fire-fighting personnel to plaintiff's home, resulting in Shayla's death, and that the City, through its negligent dispatch of fire-fighting personnel...

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