Hoots v. Pryor

JOHNSON, Judge.

This case arises from a motor vehicle accident which occurred when defendant Pryor attempted to drive his four-wheel drive vehicle along a cleared strip beside a gas pipeline ditch dug by defendant Public Service Company of North Carolina, Inc. (Gas Company). Plaintiff Hoots was a passenger in the vehicle and was seriously injured when the vehicle overturned on the steep uneven ground, trapping plaintiff underneath it. The land on which the accident occurred was owned by defendant Champion International Corporation (Champion). The excavation ditch and the cleared strip beside…