CICOGNA v. HOLDER

No. 125A96.

480 S.E.2d 636 (1997)

Karen D. CICOGNA v. John H. HOLDER.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

February 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Staton, Perkinson, Doster, Post, Silverman and Adcock by Jonathan Silverman and Elizabeth Myrick Boone, Sanford, for plaintiff-appellant.

Teague, Rotenstreich and Stanaland, L.L.P. by Kenneth B. Rotenstreich and Laurie R. Stegall, Greensboro, for defendant-appellee.


WEBB, Justice.

The question raised by this appeal involves the quantum of evidence necessary to submit contributory negligence to the jury when the plaintiff's vehicle is struck by another vehicle while the plaintiff is proceeding through an intersection pursuant to a green light. There is no evidence in this case that there was anything that would have put the plaintiff on notice that the defendant would not obey the traffic light. Absent such evidence, contributory...

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