Cooke v. Grigg

LEWIS, Judge.

On 5 July 1994, Dorothy Cooke was fatally injured in an automobile accident with defendant Jeffrey Tim Grigg when Grigg’s vehicle suddenly crossed a median and struck Cooke’s vehicle. The evidence showed that, at the time of the accident, Grigg “blacked out” and lost control of his vehicle.

On 23 November 1994, plaintiffs filed this wrongful death action against Grigg and Jeannie Lynn Beaver, the vehicle owner. The case was tried with a jury at the 18 July 1995 Civil Session of Gaston County Superior Court, Judge Raymond A. Warren presiding. During the trial, plaintiffs took a…