North Carolina Law and Policy

William W. Plyler, N.C. Attorney

Panel Punishes Pub for Poisoning Patron

William Plyler | October 7, 2009

  A panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, in Everhart v. O’Charley’s Inc. (COA08-1454, filed October 6, 2009), affirmed a $250,000 punitive damage award against a Winston-Salem restaurant whose waiter mistakenly filled a customer’s water glass with Auto-Chlor, a cleaning solution.  The customer of O’Charley’s restaurant at Hanes Mall in Winston-Salem swallowed some of [...]