RIEPER v. Pearce

STEPHANIE RIEPER Plaintiff,

v.

DEXTER PEARCE, Defendant.

No. COA09-131.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: January 19, 2010.

This case not for publication

Kline Law Office, PC, by Ray M. Kline, for plaintiff-appellant.

Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P., by John T. Honeycutt, for defendant-appellee.

WYNN, Judge.

"In this state, a plaintiff's contributory negligence is a bar to recovery from a defendant who commits an act of ordinary negligence."[1] Here, Plaintiff Stephanie Rieper argues that the trial court improperly dismissed her personal injury action by granting summary judgment in favor of…