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      "ANNIE C. SWANN and CAROLYN D. SMITH v. LEN-CARE REST HOME, INC., ANDREW STEWART, and SHELBIA NORRIS"
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        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nFor the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion by Judge John C. Martin, Swann v. Len-Care Rest Home, 127 N.C. App. 471, 475-76, 490 S.E.2d 572, 575-76 (1997), the decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the directed verdict as to plaintiff Swann\u2019s claim is reversed; and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further remand to the Superior Court, Cumberland County, for reinstatement of the trial court\u2019s judgment.\nREVERSED AND REMANDED.",
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      "The Lee Law Firm, P.A., by C. Leon Lee, II, for plaintiff-appellee Swann.",
      "Wishart, Norris, Henninger & Pittman, P.A., by Jim H. Joyner, Jr., for defendant-appellants."
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    "head_matter": "ANNIE C. SWANN and CAROLYN D. SMITH v. LEN-CARE REST HOME, INC., ANDREW STEWART, and SHELBIA NORRIS\nNo. 522A97\n(Filed 3 April 1998)\nHospitals and Medical Facilities or Institutions \u00a7 62 (NCI4th)\u2014 rest home \u2014 failure to restrain resident \u2014 insufficient evidence of negligence\nThe evidence was insufficient for the jury on the issue of negligence by defendant rest home and its employees in failing to restrain a ninety-eight-year-old resident at the time she fell and was seriously injured.\nAppeal by defendants pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-30(2) from the decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 127 N.C. App. 471, 490 S.E.2d 572 (1997), affirming in part and reversing in part a judgment, entered by Brewer, J., 29 May 1996 in Superior Court, Cumberland County, directing a verdict for defendants on plaintiff Smith\u2019s claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress and on plaintiff Swann\u2019s claim for negligence. Heard in the Supreme Court 11 March 1998.\nThe Lee Law Firm, P.A., by C. Leon Lee, II, for plaintiff-appellee Swann.\nWishart, Norris, Henninger & Pittman, P.A., by Jim H. Joyner, Jr., for defendant-appellants."
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