State Auto Insurance v. Blind

STROUD, Judge.

Plaintiff State Auto Insurance Co. appeals the trial court order awarding summary judgment to defendant Christian Earl Blind in a negligence action filed pursuant to North Carolina’s survivorship statute, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-18-1 (2005). Section 28A-18-1 provides that claims in favor of or against a decedent at the time of his death “shall survive to and against the personal representative or collector of his estate.” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 28A-18-1 (2005). In Alston v. Britthaven, Inc., this Court determined that damages arising from a decedent’s pain and suffering- and medical…