Eckard v. Smith

BRYANT, Judge.

Eunice C. Eckard, plaintiff-executrix of Steven Vincent Eckard’s (Mr. Eckard’s) estate, appeals from two orders entered 5 June 2001 and 17 April 2002 granting summary judgment: one entered in favor of the law enforcement defendants Lt. McCollum, Chief Deputy Wallace, Sheriff Redmond, Iredell County and Hartford Fire Insurance Company (Iredell defendants); and the other entered in favor of the unnamed defendant uninsured motorist (UM) carrier, Indemnity Insurance Company of America (Indemnity Insurance).

On the afternoon of 13 August 1998, in Statesville, North Carolina, Sheriff’s…