Viar v. N.C. Department of Transportation

LEVINSON, Judge.

On 12 June 1997 Megan and Macey Viar were killed in a motor vehicle accident occurring in Rowan County, North Carolina, on Interstate Highway 85 (1-85). Melissa Viar, the decedents’ sister, was driving south on 1-85 in a heavy rainstorm when she lost control of her car, hit another southbound vehicle, went across the grass median separating the north and southbound lanes, ánd collided with a tractor-trailer truck. Her younger sisters died instantly, and Melissa suffered serious injuries.

On 6 March 1998 Claude Viar, father of the decedents and plaintiff herein, filed an…