Robinson v. Nash County
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
APPEAL by plaintiff from Brown, Judge. Judgment entered on 30 August 1978 in Superior Court, NASH County. Heard in the Court of Appeals on 28 August 1979. This is a civil action wherein plaintiff seeks to recover in excess of $200,000 for the wrongful death of his mother Lynsta C. Robinson, who fell down a stairway located in the Nash County Courthouse while looking at various records kept in the Register of Deeds Office.
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APPEAL by plaintiff from Brown, Judge. Judgment entered on 30 August 1978 in Superior Court, NASH County. Heard in the Court of Appeals on 28 August 1979. This is a civil action wherein plaintiff seeks to recover in excess of $200,000 for the wrongful death of his mother Lynsta C. Robinson, who fell down a stairway located in the Nash County Courthouse while looking at various records kept in the Register of Deeds Office. In his complaint, plaintiff alleged “that the injuries and death of the deceased were proximately and directly caused by the joint and concurrent negligence of the Defendant…
1Opinion of the Court
HEDRICK, Judge.
By assignment of error number one, plaintiff contends that the defendant Nash County was liable in tort for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s intestate which resulted from a hazardous condition in the office of the Register of Deeds. In support of its motion for summary judgment, defendant Nash County submitted the affidavit of L. R. Holoman, Jr., the Nash County Manager, who is in charge of procuring insurance at the direction of the Nash County Board of Commissioners. The affiant stated that Nash County had not procured any liability insurance for any negligent act or…
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