Harris v. Scotland Neck Rescue Squad, Inc.

WHICHARD, Judge.

This action arises out of a collision at an intersection between an ambulance owned by Scotland Neck Rescue Squad (Rescue Squad), which was being driven by William Kenneth Baker (Baker), and a passenger vehicle driven by Ben Bell Harris (Harris), the husband of plaintiffs decedent. Plaintiffs decedent, who died from injuries sustained in the collision, was riding in the passenger vehicle.

The jury found both drivers negligent and awarded plaintiff $500,000 which the court reduced to $323,333 under the negligent beneficiary rule, by which plaintiffs decedent’s husband, as a…