Legal Opinion

Pittman v. First Protection Life Insurance

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1985No. 8410SC402PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EAGLES, Judge.

Plaintiff first contends that the trial court erred in the manner in which the case was submitted to the jury. Instead of the single issue, plaintiff argues that the court should have submitted the four issues tendered by her. Plaintiff contends that the single issue was deficient as to form and substance and deprived plaintiff of full consideration by the jury of the material questions of fact raised by the evidence. We disagree.

It is a well established principle of our law that the trial judge must submit to the jury those issues necessary to resolve the controversies raised…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Link v. LinkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  2. Wall v. StoutSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1984
  3. Sims ex rel. Sims v. Charlotte Liberty Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
  4. Tolbert v. Mutual Benefit Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952
  5. Jones v. Home Security Life Insurance CompanySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Luther v. SeawellCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2008
  2. Bell v. Nationwide InsuranceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2001
  3. Floyd v. Ohio General InsuranceDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1988
  4. Hardy v. Integon Life Insurance Corp.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1987
  5. Kinlaw v. North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1990

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