Sharpe v. Grindstaff

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OPINION

GORDON, District Judge.

The morning of November 25, 1966, was clear and cool. The sun shone brightly; the road was dry. Alice Sharpe and her minor daughter, Juanita, and other members of the family, were traveling homeward to Atlanta along U.S. Highway 29 Bypass (Temporary 1-85). About 8:30 they neared a point outside Lexington, North Carolina, where U.S. 29-A returns from the business district to reunite in a “Y” configuration with U.S. 29.

In that moment, having finished breakfast at a nearby truck stop, Leonard Ross Lewis drove his flat bed…