Tort/Negligence – Products Liability – Exploding Lift Chair – Used Controller – Insufficient Showing

Plaintiff alleges that her lift chair exploded because the defendant-seller had repaired it and replaced its hand controller with a used one. However, plaintiff designated no expert witnesses, and the electrical contractor she hired to examine the used controller found no signs of electric damage. Plaintiff failed to make out a case of negligence in the design or manufacture of the lift chair.

We affirm summary judgment for defendants.

Talley v. Pride Mobility Products Corp. (Lawyers Weekly No. 012-078-18, 16 pp.) (Robert Hunter Jr., J.) Appealed from Lee County Superior Court (C. Winston Gilchrist, J.) Chris Kremer for plaintiff; Todd King, Rodney Pettey and Justin Osborn for defendants. N.C. App. Unpub.