VERNON v. CRIST

No. 7521SC778.

222 S.E.2d 445 (1976)

28 N.C. App. 631

Rickey Martin VERNON v. Garry Randall CRIST.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White & Crumpler by Michael J. Lewis, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff.

Hudson, Petree, Stockton, Stockton & Robinson by James H. Kelly, Jr., and W. Thompson Comerford, Jr., Winston-Salem, for defendant.


BROCK, Chief Judge.

This appeal questions the application of the last clear chance doctrine in the wake of Exum v. Boyles, 272 N.C. 567, 158 S.E.2d 845 (1968). In particular we are confronted with the issue of whether the evidence in this case is sufficient to invoke the doctrine of last clear chance.

The doctrine of last clear chance is well established in this jurisdiction; it imposes...

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