HAIRSTON v. HARWARD

No. 416A17.

821 S.E.2d 384 (2018)

William HAIRSTON, Jr. v. Ashwell Bennett HARWARD, Jr.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed December 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maynard & Harris, Attorneys at Law, PLLC, by C. Douglas Maynard, Jr. , Winston-Salem; Higgins Benjamin, PLLC, by John F. Bloss , Greensboro; and Roane Law, by James M. Roane, III , Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Davis and Hamrick, LLP, by Kent L. Hamrick and Ann C. Rowe , Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee Ashwell Bennett Harward, Jr.

Burton, Sue & Anderson, LLP, by Stephanie W. Anderson , Greensboro, for unnamed defendant-appellee Erie Insurance Exchange.

Pinto Coates Kyre & Bowers, PLLC, by Deborah J. Bowers and Andrew G. Pinto , Greensboro, for North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, amicus curiae.


The question before us in this case is whether the trial court erred by crediting a payment made to plaintiff William Hairston, Jr., under his own underinsured motorist coverage against the amount of the judgment that plaintiff obtained against defendant Ashwell Bennett Harward, Jr., arising from a motor vehicle collision. After...

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