Thorpe v. TJM Ocean Isle Partners LLC

HUNTER, JR., Robert N., Judge.

This is a wrongful death action arising from the electrocution of Charles Leamon Thorpe (“Thorpe”) while he was building a pier in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. The administrators of Thorpe’s estate, Charles Lester Thorpe and Mary Louise Thorpe (“Plaintiffs”), appeal from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of all defendants. An opinion affirming the trial court’s order was filed by this Court on 7 August 2012. Plaintiffs filed a Petition for Rehearing, which was granted on 6 September 2012. Upon reexamination, we affirm the trial…