McIver v. Smith

LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s granting of defendants’ motion for summary judgment based on defendants’ qualification for governmental immunity.. We affirm.

Defendant James Smith (“Smith”), an employee of Forsyth County, was driving a Forsyth County Emergency Medical Services (“EMS”) vehicle on 20 August 1995 in Winston-Salem. While responding to a 911 call he approached the intersection of Cherry Street and Seventh Street, slowed the ambulance, looked both ways, saw no approaching traffic, and proceeded to enter the intersection. The ambulance’s emergency lights and siren…