Raftery v. Wm. C. Vick Construction Co.

230 S.E.2d 405 (1976)

291 N.C. 180

Anne B. RAFTERY, Administratrix of the Estate of Allen G. Raftery, Deceased

v.

WM. C. VICK CONSTRUCTION CO. and Clark Equipment Company, a corporation.

No. 66.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 7, 1976.

Hedrick, McKnight, Parham, Helms, Kellam & Feerick by Richard T. Feerick and John A. Gardner, III, Charlotte, for plaintiff.

Maupin, Taylor & Ellis by Armistead J. Maupin and Richard M. Lewis, Raleigh, for defendant.

LAKE, Justice.

For the purpose of this appeal it must be assumed that, although the crane in question had been in use for 19 years without any…