JONES v. McCASKILL

No. 8915SC1117.

394 S.E.2d 254 (1990)

99 N.C. App. 764

Teresa M.P. JONES and Louise Blanchard Jones, Co-Administratrixes of the Estate of Kim Blanchard Jones, Deceased, v. Foster McCASKILL, III.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spears, Barnes, Baker, Wainio, Brown & Whaley by Alexander H. Barnes and Mark A. Scruggs, and H. Wood Vann, Durham, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Reynolds, Bryant and Patterson, P.A. by Lee A. Patterson, II, Durham, for defendant-appellee.


GREENE, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal and assign error to the trial court's submission to the jury the issue of punitive damages as a separate issue in this wrongful death suit.

Plaintiffs are co-administratrixes of the estate of Kim Jones, who died on 16 August 1986. Record evidence shows that Jones was driving a motor vehicle which collided with defendant's motor vehicle. Jones died after suffering injuries in the collision.

Plaintiffs filed suit, alleging...

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