HARRIS v. GUYTON

No. 8126SC269.

283 S.E.2d 538 (1981)

Ella Griffin HARRIS v. Willis Clayton GUYTON and wife, Dorothy Baucom Guyton.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyle, Alexander, Hord & Smith by Norman A. Smith, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hedrick, Feerick, Eatman, Gardner & Kincheloe by Philip R. Hedrick and Mel J. Garofalo, Charlotte, for defendants-appellees.


HARRY C. MARTIN, Judge.

Plaintiff's assignments of error relate primarily to the trial court's omission of certain instructions to the jury. The only issues submitted to the jury on the question of defendants' negligence were whether Mrs. Guyton failed to keep a reasonable lookout and whether she failed to keep her vehicle under proper control. The trial judge also instructed on the doctrine of sudden emergency.

It is plaintiff's contention that the trial...

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