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TRANTHAM v. ESTATE OF SORRELLS

No. COA95-327.

468 S.E.2d 401 (1996)

121 N.C. App. 611

Tina TRANTHAM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ESTATE OF Ralph Henry SORRELLS, Jr., by and through the Court Appointed Collector, Elton Britt SORRELLS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell L. McLean, III, Wanesville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Cogburn, Cogburn, Goosmann & Brazil, P.A. by Steven D. Cogburn, and Roberts, Stevens & Cogburn, P.A. by Wyatt S. Stevens, Asheville, for defendant-appellant.

WYNN, Judge.

On 26 January 1991, plaintiff Tina Trantham visited a bar in Haywood County where she met Cynthia Rymer and agreed to spend the night at her house. They rode together in Ms. Rymer's car which was driven by defendant-decedent, Ralph Henry Sorrells. Ms. Rymer had asked him to drive because she had consumed too much alcohol and Mr. Sorrells had represented that he had consumed only two beers.

Ms. Rymer rode in the front passenger seat, and Ms. Trantham...

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