Legal Opinion

Brown v. Allstate Insurance

Court of Appeals of North Carolina

Decided September 17, 1985No. 8521DC87PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

WHICHARD, Judge.

Plaintiffs sole contention is that the court erred in refusing to admit a bill itemizing the cost of repairing her automobile. She argues that the bill was “an important link in the chain of evidence tending to prove the considerable degree of severity in the force of impact.” More specifically, she argues that evidence of the force of the impact was relevant and material to the issue of whether the chiropractic services were necessary. We find no prejudicial error.

To be admissible, evidence must be relevant, i.e., it must have a “tendency to make the existence of any fact…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Noel Shows, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  2. Glenn Ex Rel. Glenn v. City of RaleighSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1958
  3. Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., N.A. v. RubishSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
  4. Nelson v. PatrickCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1985
  5. Davis v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. KnoxCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1985

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