Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. Food Lion, Inc.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided June 19, 2001No. COA00-533PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, Judge.
Christopher Sawyer (“plaintiff’) was working as an acoustical ceiling installer for Asheville Acoustics. Asheville Acoustics had been hired by the general contractor, Wm. C. Vick Construction Co. (“Vick”), to install ceiling tiles in a new addition to a Food Lion store in Cumberland County.
Ceiling tiles are placed individually by hand, and require the installer to stand on a scaffold and place the tile overhead, fitting it into a ceiling grid. The installation sometimes requires a great amount of pressure in order to set the tile in place, and also may require the installer to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Smith v. Fiber Controls Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
- Taylor v. AshburnCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1993
- Ragland v. MooreSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980
- Siders v. GibbsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1978
- Cobo v. RabaSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1998
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