Prentiss v. Allstate Insurance Co.

MARTIN, Judge.

Plaintiff Charles B. Prentiss, III, was involved in a two-car motor vehicle accident in Haywood County on 22 September 1997; both cars sustained damage but neither party was injured. Plaintiff was cited for operating a motor vehicle “by failing to see before *405turning from a direct line that such movement could be made in safety.” The charge was dismissed in the District Court of Haywood County without adjudication.

At the time of the accident, plaintiff was covered by an automobile insurance policy issued by defendant Allstate Insurance Company. Defendant determined that plaintiff…