Dennis v. Carolina Pines Bowling Center

Plaintiff, after patronizing the place of business conducted by defendant Carolina Pines, attempted to leave the premises through a glass “exit” door and sustained injuries to his left arm when the glass became dislodged from the aluminum door frame. The glass and door frame manufacturers, respectively, were exonerated from liability upon the theory that neither then exercised control of its product. The trial court found, however, that at the time in question the subject door was under the exclusive control of defendant Carolina Pines, that it was defective and unsafe for its intended use,…