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  "id": 8554126,
  "name": "TOMMY I. ARAKAS v. CECIL McMAHAN and GERALD SMITH, d/b/a WHITE MONUMENT WORKS, and DORIS S. McMAHAN",
  "name_abbreviation": "Arakas v. McMahan",
  "decision_date": "1972-11-22",
  "docket_number": "No. 7228SC733",
  "first_page": "651",
  "last_page": "652",
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    "name_abbreviation": "N.C. Ct. App.",
    "id": 14983,
    "name": "North Carolina Court of Appeals"
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    "name_long": "North Carolina",
    "name": "N.C."
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [
      "Judges Hedrick and Graham concur."
    ],
    "parties": [
      "TOMMY I. ARAKAS v. CECIL McMAHAN and GERALD SMITH, d/b/a WHITE MONUMENT WORKS, and DORIS S. McMAHAN"
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "VAUGHN, Judge.\nAll of plaintiff\u2019s assignments of error have been carefully considered. The evidence was conflicting. The jury has resolved the issues in a trial which we believe to have been free of prejudicial error.\nNo error.\nJudges Hedrick and Graham concur.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "VAUGHN, Judge."
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Uzzell and Dumont by Harry Dumont for plaintiff appellant.",
      "Williams, Morris and Golding by James N. Golding for defendant appellees."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "TOMMY I. ARAKAS v. CECIL McMAHAN and GERALD SMITH, d/b/a WHITE MONUMENT WORKS, and DORIS S. McMAHAN\nNo. 7228SC733\n(Filed 22 November 1972)\nAppeal from Thornburg, Judge, 24 April 1972 Civil Session of Superior Court held in Buncombe County.\nAction to recover damages for injuries and property damage sustained as a result of a collision between plaintiff\u2019s motorcycle and defendant\u2019s automobile driven by defendant McMahan.\nThe evidence tended to show the collision took place on the four lane Hendersonville Road north of its intersection with All Souls Crescent and Vanderbilt Road. Plaintiff\u2019s vehicle was traveling north on Hendersonville Road and passed this intersection in the outside or right-hand lane. Defendant\u2019s vehicle, traveling in the same direction, passed through the intersection in the inside or left-hand lane of the two lanes designated for northbound traffic. Plaintiff, traveling ahead of defendant\u2019s vehicle, turned his motorcycle from a direct line of travel to the left towards the inside northbound lane. It was during this maneuver that the impact occurred. The jury answered issues of negligence and contributory negligence in the affirmative. Judgment was entered denying recovery.\nUzzell and Dumont by Harry Dumont for plaintiff appellant.\nWilliams, Morris and Golding by James N. Golding for defendant appellees."
  },
  "file_name": "0651-01",
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  "last_page_order": 676
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