Sharp v. Wyse

EXUM, Justice.

This is an action for personal injury and property damage allegedly occurring after defendant’s camper top became detached from his pickup truck and struck plaintiffs automobile while the vehicles were travelling in opposite directions on Interstate 40 in Winston-Salem.

We allowed defendant’s petition for discretionary review on 18 February 1986 limited to the following question: Whether the Court of Appeals correctly applied the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to the facts. We answer in the negative and reverse.

The incident giving rise to this lawsuit was a 5 June 1982 automobile…