MEACHUM v. FAW

No. 9220SC1080.

436 S.E.2d 141 (1993)

112 N.C. App. 489

Ray B. MEACHUM and wife, Joyce B. Meachum, Co-Executors of the Estate of Lee Ann Meachum v. Branford Simpson FAW.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 2, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. O'Neil Jones, Wadesboro, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Caudle & Spears, P.A. by Harold C. Spears and Timothy T. Leach, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee.


McCRODDEN, Judge.

Plaintiffs' sole argument on appeal is that the trial court erred in dismissing their complaint because it stated a claim for relief, to wit: negligent entrustment. For the reasons stated below, we reject this argument and affirm the order of the trial court.

In their complaint plaintiffs alleged that early in the morning of 31 December 1989, their decedent, Lee Ann Meachum, was driving defendant's car under the express authority of defendant...

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