ALLEN v. EFIRD

No. COA95-807.

474 S.E.2d 141 (1996)

George ALLEN, Jr., Plaintiff, v. Clyde Heath EFIRD, III, and Leah Karon Efird, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Dawson, P.A. by Alexander Dawson, Graham, and Hemric & Lambeth, P.A. by H. Clay Hemric, Jr., Burlington, for plaintiff-appellant.

Frazier, Frazier & Mahler, L.L.P. by Torin L. Fury, Greensboro, for defendants-appellees.


EAGLES, Judge.

The sole issue before us is whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the doctrine of sudden emergency. At trial, plaintiff argued that defendant Clyde Efird was negligent per se based on his being left of the center line when the accident occurred. Defendant sought an instruction on the doctrine of sudden emergency asserting that he was not negligent in being on the wrong side of the road because he acted reasonably when faced...

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