Cook v. City of Winston-Salem
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
Tbe law in respect to liability for injury to a pedestrian due to condition of street as affected by bis blindness or other physical disability is clearly stated in 141 A.L.E. Annotation II, pp. 721-2: “It is tbe general rule that those charged with duties respecting the condition of public ways open to pedestrians must exercise due and reasonable care to beep them reasonably safe for travel by tbe public, including those who are blind or suffer from defective vision or other physical infirmity, disability, or handicap, and are themselves exercising due care, under tbe circumstances, for…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Dunnevant v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
- Watkins v. City of RaleighSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1939
- Houston v. City of MonroeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
- Keith v. Worcester & Blackstone Valley Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Weinstein v. WheelerOregon Supreme Court · 1928
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- Holland v. MalpassSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
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