Case Title: Nourse v. Food Lion, Inc

Citation: 347 N.C. 666

Docket Number: 471A97

State: north-carolina

Court: North Carolina Supreme Court

Date: 1998-03-06T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 471A97
FILED: 6 MARCH 1998
PATRICIA NOURSE
v.
FOOD LION, INC.
Appeal by defendant pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2)
from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___
N.C. App. ___, 488 S.E.2d 608 (1997), reversing the superior
court’s order entered by LaBarre, J., on 1 July 1996, in Superior
Court, Wake County, granting summary judgment in favor of the
defendant.  Heard in the Supreme Court 12 February 1998.
J.B. Rouse III & Associates, by Ginger L. Crosby and
Graham F. Gurnee, for plaintiff-appellee.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, by Mark Davis, for
defendant-appellant.
PER CURIAM.
Justices Frye, Webb, Whichard, and Lake voted to affirm
the decision of the Court of Appeals for the reasons stated in
the majority opinion by Greene, J.  Chief Justice Mitchell, and
Justices Parker and Orr voted to reverse the decision of the
Court of Appeals for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion
by John, J.  Accordingly, the decision of the Court of Appeals is
affirmed.
AFFIRMED.