Young v. Woodall

As the majority notes, this Court held in Goddard v. Williams, 251 N.C. 128, 110 S.E.2d 820 (1959), that the standard of care provided by N.C.G.S. § 20-145 is an ordinary negligence standard. Goddard, 251 at 133, 110 S.E.2d at 824. This statute was recently before this Court in Bullins v. Schmidt, 322 N.C. 580, 369 S.E.2d 601 (1988), where we said:

This Court has established the standard of care where the conduct of an officer in the chase or apprehension of a law violator results in the officer’s vehicle colliding with another person, vehicle, or object. The officer is held to the standard of…