McNabb v. Town of Bryson City

COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff Robert W. McNabb sued the Town of Bryson City and its police chief for injuries sustained when the motorcycle he was riding was struck by a police car owned by the Town and being operated by the Police Chief. A jury awarded plaintiff $77,000 in damages. Defendant Town of Bryson City appeals contending the trial court erred (1) in admitting evidence of plaintiffs attempted suicide in October 1983, some six months after the accident; (2) in excluding plaintiffs military medical records offered by defendant which showed a suicide attempt by plaintiff in 1972; and, (3) in…