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STERLING v. GIL SOUCY TRUCKING, LTD.

Nos. COA00-560, COA00-886, COA00-963.

552 S.E.2d 674 (2001)

Cathy J. STERLING, Guardian ad Litem for Christopher T.S. Sterling, and Cathy J. Sterling, Individually, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. GIL SOUCY TRUCKING, LTD.; Guy Caron; Charles Dean Smith; and Waldensian Bakeries, Inc., Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. Jennifer Leigh Lowman; Clayton Lee Lowman; and Sarah Allyson West; Third-Party Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 18, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Twiggs Abrams Strickland & Trehy, P.A. by Douglas B. Abrams, Raleigh, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P. by F. Fincher Jarrell, Charlotte, for defendants/third-party plaintiffs/appellees Gil Soucy Trucking, Ltd. and Guy Caron.

Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog, L.L.P. by William W. Pollock, Raleigh, for defendants/third party-plaintiffs/appellees Charles Dean Smith and Waldensian Bakeries, Inc.

Bryant Patterson Covington & Idol, P.A. by Lee A. Patterson, II, Durham, for third-party defendants Jennifer Leigh Lowman and Layton Lee Lowman.

Haywood Denny & Miller, L.L.P. by George W. Miller, III for third party-defendant/appellee Sarah Allyson West.

BRYANT, Judge.

The pertinent factual and procedural background is as follows: On 7 June 1996, Christopher Sterling (Christopher), then 13 years old, received serious injuries in a multi-vehicle accident. The accident arose when Jennifer Lowman lost control of her vehicle, the vehicle spun around and then came to a stop blocking both eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 near Valdese, North Carolina. Several vehicles traveling behind Lowman were forced to come to a sudden...

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