RIGGAN v. NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL

No. 8210IC354.

300 S.E.2d 252 (1983)

61 N.C. App. 69

Tonia Kay RIGGAN, Administratrix of the Estate of Lewis G. Riggan v. NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL, A DIVISION OF the NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CRIME CONTROL AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan, Bryan, Jones & Johnson by Robert C. Bryan, Lillington, and Stewart & Hayes by D.K. Stewart, Dunn, for plaintiff-appellee.

Atty. Gen., Rufus L. Edmisten by Asst. Atty. Gen., Sandra M. King, Raleigh, for defendant-appellant.


HEDRICK, Judge.

Defendant assigns error to the finding and conclusion that Trooper Lovette was negligent and that such negligence was a proximate cause of Lewis G. Riggan's death. The exceptions upon which this assignment of error is based raise the question of whether the facts found by the Commission are supported by competent evidence and whether the findings which were supported by competent evidence support the conclusions drawn therefrom. We hold the Commission...

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