Sudds v. Gillian

BIGGS, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from summary judgment entered in favor of defendants. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

This appeal arises from a three-car collision occurring on 18 July 1996. Plaintiff and Terry McGinness were passengers in a car driven by Brian Shook, which was traveling west along Rural Road 1003 in Catawba County, North Carolina. A second vehicle, driven by Alfred Coe, was traveling east on the same road. When Coe stopped to make a left turn, he was struck from behind by a third car, owned by Jerome Eades and driven by Phillip Gillian. Coe was killed in the collision,…