BOYD v. L.G. DeWITT TRUCKING CO., INC.

No. 9020SC722.

405 S.E.2d 914 (1991)

103 N.C. App. 396

Sherry BOYD, Administratrix D.B.N. of the Estate of Patrick C. Boyd, Jr., Deceased v. L.G. DeWITT TRUCKING COMPANY, INC. and Charlie Hartford Locklear.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 16, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leath, Bynum, Kitchin & Neal, P.A. by Henry L. Kitchin and Stephan R. Futrell, Rockingham, and Etheridge, Moser, Garner & Bruner, P.A. by Terry R. Garner, Laurinburg, for plaintiff-appellee.

McLean, Stacy, Henry & McLean by Horace E. Stacy, Jr., Lumberton, for defendants-appellants.


WYNN, Judge.

I

This appeal arises out of a wrongful death action in which plaintiff sought both compensatory and punitive damages on behalf of her deceased husband, Patrick Boyd ("decedent"), who was killed in a rear-end collision with a tractor-trailer driven by defendant Charles H. Locklear ("Locklear"), an employee for defendant L.G. DeWitt Trucking Company, Inc. ("DeWitt"). Plaintiff's complaint alleged that Locklear had been wilfully or wantonly negligent...

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