OVERTON v. PURVIS

No. COA01-1520.

573 S.E.2d 219 (2002)

Richard Allen OVERTON, Plaintiff, v. William Robert PURVIS, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Blount Law Firm, P.L.L.C., by Marvin K. Blount, III, Greenville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Walker, Clark, Allen, Grice & Ammons, L.L.P., by Jerry A. Allen and Gay P. Stanley, Goldsboro, for defendant-appellant.


EAGLES, Chief Judge.

Defendant, William Robert Purvis, appeals from judgment entered in Pitt County Superior Court upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, Richard Allen Overton, in a negligence action brought by plaintiff after he was hit by an automobile driven by defendant.

The evidence at trial tended to establish the following. During the early morning hours of 7 September 1996, plaintiff and several other individuals were fox hunting near Falkland...

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