ROBERTS v. DAVIS

No. 721SC459.

189 S.E.2d 767 (1972)

Eva ROBERTS v. Clarissa Sawyer DAVIS and Fred Allen Davis.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Chaffin, Elizabeth City, for plaintiff appellant.

LeRoy, Wells, Shaw, Hornthal & Riley, by Dewey W. Wells, Elizabeth City, for defendant appellees.


VAUGHN, Judge.

The evidence, taken in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, is insufficient to support a finding that plaintiff was injured by the willful and wanton conduct of defendants. The trial judge, therefore, properly declined to submit issues as to punitive damages.

We have carefully considered plaintiff's other assignments of error. The evidence was conflicting. The jury rejected plaintiff's version of the accident in a trial which we hold to...

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