Thompson v. James
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Judge.
In appealing plaintiff contends that the court erred to his prejudice in permitting defendant to elicit irrelevant, inflam*536matory information from him during cross-examination and in not instructing the jury as he requested. Neither contention has merit in our opinion and we overrule them.
The testimony given over objections as to relevancy was that: (1) Following the parking lot accident plaintiff contacted his lawyer before he did his doctor; (2) between the time this accident occurred and the trial, five years later, he sued Scott Wilson and Randall Wilson, alleging that they…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Shelton v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
- Anderson v. SmithCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1976
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