BAKER v. CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY, INC.

No. COA05-1618.

636 S.E.2d 829 (2006)

Bryan Heath BAKER and wife, Susan D. Baker; Tammy L. Hepler individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of John Andrew Hepler III; Steven P. Vanderhoof; Margaret F. Lindsey; and Walter E. Sudderth, Plaintiffs, v. CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY, INC. doing business as Lowe's Motor Speedway, Tindall Corporation, formerly Tindall Concrete Products, Inc., Defendants. and Tindall Corporation, formerly Tindall Concrete Products, Inc., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 21, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin K. Blount, The Blount Law Firm, Greenville, for plaintiff-appellant Walter E. Sudderth.

James T. Williams, Jr., Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, Greensboro, for defendant-appellee Tindall Corporation.

David N. Allen, Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein LLP, Charlotte, for co-defendant Charlotte Motor Speedway.


ELMORE, Judge.

This case is one of many suits against Charlotte Motor Speedway (defendant Speedway) and Tindall Corporation (defendant Tindall) resulting from the collapse of a pedestrian bridge at Lowe's Motor Speedway on 20 May 2000. The many cases were consolidated under the caption In Re Pedestrian Walkway Failure. In the first case to be tried, a jury determined that Tindall and Speedway were negligent, and all remaining trials concern only the issue of...

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