SHELTON v. STEELCASE, INC.

No. COA08-560.

677 S.E.2d 485 (2009)

Maxine SHELTON and Jerry Shelton, Plaintiffs, v. STEELCASE, INC. and M.B. Haynes Corporation, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grimes & Teich LLP, by Scott M. Anderson, Greenville; and Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog LLP, by Jaye E. Bingham and Roy G. Pettigrew, Raleigh, for plaintiffs.

Dean & Gibson PLLC, by Rodney Dean and Barbara J. Dean, Charlotte, for defendant Steelcase, Inc.

Ball, Barden & Bell, P.A., by Thomas R. Bell, Asheville, for defendant-appellee M.B. Haynes Corporation.


GEER, Judge.

Defendant Steelcase, Inc. appeals from the trial court's order and judgment denying its motions for directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict ("JNOV") and upholding the jury's verdict finding Steelcase liable to plaintiffs Maxine Shelton and her husband Jerry Shelton for negligence and loss of consortium. Plaintiffs have also appealed from the trial court's order granting summary judgment to...

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