Legal Opinion

Williamson v. Bennett

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided January 14, 1960No. 243PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMooRe, J.

The question for decision on this appeal is whether or not the court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for nonsuit of plaintiff’s personal injury action.

For the purposes of this 'appeal defendant concedes that she was negligent, that her negligence was the proximate cause of the oollission and that she is liable for the “slight” damage ito plaintiff's .automobile. But she denies that she is responsible for plaintiff’s neurosis and “converion reaction.”

On a motion for nonsuit the evidence is to be taken in the light most favorable to the plaintiff and she is entitled to the benefit of…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. . Rochester Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1896
  2. Spade v. Lynn & Boston RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
  3. Waube v. WarringtonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1935
  4. Colla v. MandellaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1957
  5. Orlo v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1941

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Dickens v. PuryearSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1981
  2. Johnson v. Ruark Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, P.A.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1990
  3. Hedgepeth v. Whitman Walker ClinicDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2011
  4. Amaya v. Home Ice, Fuel & Supply Co.California Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Caputzal v. Lindsay Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1966

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