Legal Opinion
Reese v. Piedmont, Inc.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 4, 1954No. 666PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
82 S.E.2d 365 (1954)
240 N.C. 391
REESE
v.
PIEDMONT, Inc.
No. 666.
Supreme Court of North Carolina.
June 4, 1954.
Falk, Carruthers & Roth, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.
Jordan & Wright, Perry C. Henson, Greensboro, for defendant-appellee.
PARKER, Justice.
The mere fact that plaintiff fell and suffered injuries in leaving the rest room when she stepped from the higher to the lower level of the floor of the rest room raises no inference of negligence against the defendant. Fanelty v. Rogers Jewelers, Inc., 230 N.C. 694, 55 S.E.2d 493; Harris v. Montgomery Ward & Co., 230 N.C. 485, 53 S.E.2d 536;…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Matson v. Tip Top Grocery Company, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1942
- Garrett v. W. S. Butterfield Theatres, Inc.Michigan Supreme Court · 1933
- Bowden v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1930
- Sterns v. Highland Hotel Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Touhy v. Owl Drug Co.California Court of Appeal · 1935
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Garner v. Atlantic Greyhound CorporationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1959
- Coleman v. Colonial Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1963
- Little v. Wilson Oil CorporationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1959
- Lizzie Hamlet v. R. M. TroxlerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
- Harrison v. WilliamsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1963
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