Riddick v. Myers

HORTON, Judge.

On 17 March 1995, plaintiff Jimmie Stacey Riddick, a North Carolina resident, and defendant Melvin Woodrow Myers, a Virginia resident, were involved in a motor vehicle accident near Gatesville, North Carolina! A Virginia District Court awarded Myers a favorable judgment for property damages arising from the accident. Thereafter, Myers instituted another suit in Virginia on 3 July 1997 and asserted a claim against Riddick for personal injuries and medical expenses arising from the same accident.

On 27 May 1997, Riddick commenced the instant action in Gates County Superior Court…