Willis v. City of New Bern
Decision Date | 02 May 2000 |
Docket Number | No. COA99-768.,COA99-768. |
Parties | Jacqueline WILLIS, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF NEW BERN, a Municipality, Defendant. |
Court | North Carolina Court of Appeals |
Whitley, Jenkins & Riddle, by Robert E. Whitley, Jr., Kinston, for plaintiff appellant.
McCotter, McAfee & Ashton, PLLC, by Rudolph A. Ashton, III, and Robert J. McAfee; and Ward, Ward & Davis, by A.D. Ward, New Bern, for defendant appellee.
Cook v. Burke County, 272 N.C. 94, 97, 157 S.E.2d 611, 613 (1967) (citation omitted).
Id. at 466, 124 S.E.2d at 130. See also Joyce v. City of High Point, 30 N.C.App. 346, 226 S.E.2d 856 (1976)
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Here, there is no evidence that defendant breached its duty to plaintiff. According to plaintiff's testimony in her deposition, the difference in elevation between the two adjacent sections of the concrete sidewalk at the spot where plaintiff fell, was about one and one-quarter inch. Plaintiff does not contend that defendant had actual notice of any defect in the sidewalk at the place of her fall, but contends that defendant should have had constructive notice of the defect. In response, defendant offered the affidavit of Mr. Morris, in which he stated that he found no record of any complaints for the four-year period prior to plaintiff's accident of any defects in the sidewalk on which plaintiff fell. Mr. Morris also stated in his affidavit that he had no personal recollection of any complaints or requests for improvements to the sidewalks in that area...
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