Hatcher v. Flockhart Foods, Inc.

HUNTER, Judge.

Walter Hatcher, Jr. (“plaintiff’) appeals from a grant of summary judgment in favor of Flockhart Foods, Inc. (“Flockhart”) and the subsequent dismissal of his complaint against Flockhart as being barred by the statute of limitations. For the reasons stated herein, we reverse.

On 10 July 1997, plaintiff sustained several injuries when he slipped and fell on a slick substance in a Piggly Wiggly grocery store in Wallace, North Carolina (“the Store”). On 10 February 1999, plaintiffs counsel forwarded correspondence to the corporate office of Piggly Wiggly, Inc. to inform it that he…