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BULLINS v. SCHMIDT

No. 50PA88.

369 S.E.2d 601 (1988)

Tilda E. BULLINS, Administratrix of the Estate of Maxie Lee Bullins, Deceased v. C.R. SCHMIDT, R.J. Blakely, Jr., and The City of Greensboro, North Carolina.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 30, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donaldson, Horsley & Greene, P.A. by William F. Horsley, Reidsville, and Folger & Tucker by Ben F. Tucker, Madison, for plaintiff-appellee.

Nichols, Caffrey, Hill, Evans & Murrelle by Charles E. Nichols, Joseph R. Beatty and Fred T. Hamlet, Greensboro, for defendant-appellants.

Beskind and Rudolf, P.A. by Donald H. Beskind, Chapel Hill, for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.

Lacy H. Thornburg, Atty. Gen. by Isaac T. Avery, III, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., and Linda Anne Morris, Associate Atty. Gen., Raleigh, for the State, amicus curiae.

MARTIN, Justice.

We hold that the trial judge erred in failing to grant defendants' motion for directed verdict at the close of all the evidence; therefore, we reverse the judgment of the superior court.

This lawsuit arose out of a high-speed chase by Greensboro police officers of an automobile being operated by Luther McMillian. The McMillian car eventually collided with an automobile being operated by Maxie Lee Bullins. Both drivers were killed in the collision...

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