Starr v. Charlotte Paper Company

The evidence for the plaintiff tended to show, except where quoted, that after the accident of 8 October 1963, and continuously since that time, he was paralyzed from the tenth vertebra down. On 17 March 1969 he could not walk because of the original injury and used a wheelchair. He lived with his parents in Charlotte. Plaintiff testified:

“* * * After the accident, I was paralyzed from the tenth vertebra down and had no sensation whatsoever.

That condition was the result of the accident on October 8, 1963, and has not changed since that time. Since then I have had no feeling whatsoever in my…