Sims v. Gernandt

459 S.E.2d 258 (1995)

341 N.C. 162

Cydnee C. SIMS

v.

Dan GERNANDT, Dan Gernandt d/b/a Dan's Foreign Car Repair.

No. 514A94.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 28, 1995.

McGill & Noble, by Christa A. McGill, Durham, for plaintiff-appellant.

Browne, Flebotte, Wilson & Horn, P.L.L.C., by Daniel R. Flebotte, Durham, for defendant-appellee.

MITCHELL, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff's complaint and forecast of evidence indicate that she took her car to defendant's repair shop to have the clutch cable tightened. When she returned for her car, she noticed a peculiar odor and a stain on the carpet near the gas…