Case Name: EUNICE J. JACKSON v. SHADRACH JONES
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1989-11-09
Citations: 325 N.C. 543
Docket Number: No. 180A89
Parties: EUNICE J. JACKSON v. SHADRACH JONES
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 325
Pages: 543–543

Head Matter:
EUNICE J. JACKSON v. SHADRACH JONES
No. 180A89
(Filed 9 November 1989)
APPEAL by plaintiff pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the unpublished decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 93 N.C. App. 513, 379 S.E.2d 112 (1989), finding no error in a judgment entered by Brown, J., at the 16 May 1988 Session of Superior Court, HALIFAX County. Heard in the Supreme Court on 9 October 1989.
Brenton D. Adams for plaintiff-appellant.
James, Godwin, Wellman & Stephenson, by A. S. Godwin, Jr., for defendant-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We conclude, as did the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals, that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of contributory negligence. The Court of Appeals' decision to the contrary is reversed and the case is remanded to that court for further remand to Superior Court, Halifax County. We also conclude, in our discretion, that a new trial should be conducted on all issues. See Robertson v. Stanley, 285 N.C. 561, 206 S.E.2d 190 (1974).
Reversed and remanded.