Camalier v. Jeffries

FRYE, Justice.

The pleadings and the forecast of evidence tended to show that on 27 October 1990, Caleb Willard Camalier was operating his 1982 *704Toyota automobile on Highway 70 near Raleigh when his automobile collided with a Volvo automobile operated by defendant Charles J. Jeffries. Camalier was seriously injured in the accident and remained hospitalized in a comatose state for nine months until his death on 27 July 1991.

At the time of the accident, Jeffries was employed by The News and Observer Publishing Company (the Publishing Company) as a newspaper reporter. Prior to the collision,…