Cook v. County of Burke

Per Cueiam.

In view of the stipulation concerning liability insurance held by the county at the time of the plaintiff’s fall, the question of governmental immunity from suit for such an occurrence does not arise with reference to the validity of the judgment of non-suit. G.S. 153-9(44).

The liability of the county for injuries sustained by a pedestrian, falling upon a public walk within its courthouse grounds, would be no more extensive than that of a city to a pedestrian falling under similar circumstances upon a public sidewalk owned and maintained by the city. With reference to the liability…