Legal Opinion

Holder ex rel. Holder v. Moore

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided June 19, 1974No. 7418SC292Published

1Opinion of the Court

MORRIS, Judge.

Plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in its instruction by failing to instruct on the duty of care imposed on a motorist to avoid children when he sees or should see a parked school bus with its stop signals fully displayed. We do not agree. The record reveals that the trial court instructed the jury as follows:

“If the defendant could or should have been able to avoid the collision between her car and the child by acting and acting as a reasonably prudent person would have acted under the circumstances, and by reason of her failure to exercise that degree of care the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Winters Ex Rel. Gordon v. BurchSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
  2. Burns v. TurnerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1974

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