Carraway Ex Rel. Estate of Carraway v. Pee Dee Block, Inc.

Gregory, Justice:

Appellant Don Carraway, as administrator of the estate of Edward Carraway, appeals from a verdict in this wrongful death action in favor of respondents Pee Dee Block, Inc., Florence Concrete Block Products Co., and East Coast Transportation, Inc., defendants below. We reverse and remand.

Appellant’s intestate was crushed under the wheels of a large tractor-trailer rig driven by an agent of respondents. The accident occurred on Cashua Ferry Road in Florence. That roadway provides two southbound lanes of traffic: the inside lane is ten feet and the outside lane eighteen feet…