Ivey v. Rose

JOHNSON, Judge.

On 19 July 1986, two cars, one operated by John Ross Bryant and the other by Dewey Lewis Ivey, were involved in a minor collision on State Road 1168 three miles west of Benson, North Carolina. After the police had arrived, investigated the accident, and then left the scene of the accident, Dewey Ivey remained on the scene to assist the third-party defendant, John Bryant, in starting Bryant’s vehicle. Ivey partially placed himself between the two vehicles so that he could jump start Bryant’s battery. While he was standing in this position, defendant Lew Ann Rose approached the…