State Supreme Court / N.C.

DeWitt v. Eveready Battery Co., Inc.

Decided June 28, 2002. Sarah E. Parker wrote the opinion for the court.

565 S.E.2d 140 · Cited 177 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. · 161 A.2d 69
Morrison v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. · 354 S.E.2d 495
Rose v. Epley Motor Sales · 215 S.E.2d 573
Dewitt v. Eveready Battery Co., Inc. · 550 S.E.2d 511
Cockerham v. Ward · 262 S.E.2d 651
Woodin v. JC Penney Co., Inc. · 629 A.2d 974
Bernick v. Jurden · 293 S.E.2d 405
Marcus Bros. Textiles, Inc. v. Price Waterhouse, LLP · 513 S.E.2d 320
Tetterton v. Long Manufacturing Co. · 332 S.E.2d 67
Harrison v. Bill Cairns Pontiac of Marlow Heights, Inc. · 549 A.2d 385
Jones v. Siler City Mills, Inc. · 108 S.E.2d 917
Collingwood v. General Electric Real Estate Equities, Inc. · 324 N.C. 63
Koontz v. City of Winston-Salem · 186 S.E.2d 897
Hamilton v. Emerson Electric Co. · 133 F. Supp. 2d 360
Dalton v. Camp · 548 S.E.2d 704
Kessing v. National Mortgage Corporation · 180 S.E.2d 823
Kuisis v. Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp. · 457 Pa. 321
Thompson v. Wake County Board of Education · 233 S.E.2d 538
Roumillat v. Simplistic Enterprises, Inc. · 414 S.E.2d 339
Smith v. Fiber Controls Corp. · 268 S.E.2d 504
State ex rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Fire Insurance Rating Bureau · 292 N.C. 70
Tennessee-Carolina Transportation, Inc. v. Strick Corp. · 210 S.E.2d 181
Rogers v. Johnson & Johnson Products, Inc. · 565 A.2d 751
Nicholson v. American Safety Utility Corp. · 488 S.E.2d 240
Dietz v. Waller · 685 P.2d 744

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