MARTIN v. BENSON

No. 119A97.

500 S.E.2d 664 (1998)

Jannett J. MARTIN and Richard W. Martin v. John Michael BENSON and Industrial Electric, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary K. Nicholson and Joseph A. Williams, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellees.

Frazier, Frazier & Mahler, L.L.P. by Torin L. Fury, Greensboro, for defendant-appellants.

Tharrington Smith, L.L.P. by Michael Crowell, Raleigh, on behalf of the American Psychological Association, the North Carolina Psychological Association, and the National Academy of Neuropsychology, amici curiae.

Bailey, Patterson, Caddell, Hart & Bailey, P.A. by Allen A. Bailey, Charlotte, on behalf of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, amicus curiae.


PER CURIAM.

Defendants appeal a decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the trial court in a personal injury case and awarding a new trial to the plaintiffs based on the trial court's decision to allow a neuropsychologist to testify regarding the medical causation of plaintiff Jannett Martin's (herein plaintiff) impairments.

On 28 November 1990, a truck driven by defendant John Michael Benson and owned by defendant Industrial Electric, Inc., crossed the...

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