VIAR v. N.C. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP.

No. COA03-25.

590 S.E.2d 909 (2004)

Claude M. VIAR, Jr., Co-administrator of the Estate of Megan Rae Viar, Deceased, and Co-administrator of the Estate of Macey Lauren Viar, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. N.C. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeVore, Acton, & Stafford, P.A., by Fred W. DeVore, III, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellants.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Special Deputy Attorney General William H. Borden, for defendant-appellee.


LEVINSON, Judge.

On 12 June 1997 Megan and Macey Viar were killed in a motor vehicle accident occurring in Rowan County, North Carolina, on Interstate Highway 85 (I-85). Melissa Viar, the decedents' sister, was driving south on I-85 in a heavy rainstorm when she lost control of her car, hit another southbound vehicle, went across the grass median separating the north and southbound lanes, and collided with a tractor-trailer truck. Her younger sisters died instantly...

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