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  "name": "CHARLIE ALBERT LAIL, minor, by his next friend, RUSSELL LAIL v. ULYSSES CHAPMAN, minor over 14 and W. A. ROBINSON; and BYNUM LAIL v. ULYSSES CHAPMAN and W. A. ROBINSON",
  "name_abbreviation": "Lail ex rel. Lail v. Chapman",
  "decision_date": "1962-10-17",
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    "name": "Supreme Court of North Carolina"
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    "parties": [
      "CHARLIE ALBERT LAIL, minor, by his next friend, RUSSELL LAIL v. ULYSSES CHAPMAN, minor over 14 and W. A. ROBINSON. and BYNUM LAIL v. ULYSSES CHAPMAN and W. A. ROBINSON."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam.\nThe plaintiffs\u2019 evidence makes out a clear case of sudden emergency. That Chapman was curious as to the identity of the woman driver who forced him off the road, gave voice to that curiosity, and a fleeting glance in the direction of her departure, are not enough to establish actionable negligence. The judgments of non-suit are\nAffirmed.",
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        "author": "Per Curiam."
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    "attorneys": [
      "C. David Swift, for 'plaintiffs, appellants.",
      "Patton & Ervin, by Sam J. Ervin, III, for defendants, appellees."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "CHARLIE ALBERT LAIL, minor, by his next friend, RUSSELL LAIL v. ULYSSES CHAPMAN, minor over 14 and W. A. ROBINSON. and BYNUM LAIL v. ULYSSES CHAPMAN and W. A. ROBINSON.\n(Filed 17 October 1962.)\nAutomobiles \u00a7 41c\u2014\nWhere the evidence discloses that defendant was driving a car in which plaintiff was riding as a passenger, that defendant was forced off the road by a car approaching from the opposite direction, half way over the center line of the highway to that driver\u2019s left, that defendant lost control of his vehicle and ran off the road, resulting in the injury in suit, the fact that defendant, in the sudden emergency created by the negligence of the other driver, glanced back and inquired as to the identity of the other driver, is held insufficient to establish actionable negligence.\nAppeal by plaintiffs from Froneberger, J., March, 1962 Term, BurKE Superior Court.\nIn these civil actions, consolidated for trial, Charlie Albert Lail, minor, b.n.f., seeks to recover for his personal injuries, and Bynum Lail, father, seeks to recover medical expenses and loss of services allegedly caused by the negligent operation of a 1951 Ford automobile, owned by the defendant W. A. Robinson, and driven by the defendant Ulysses Chapman. Charlie A. Lail was a guest passenger at the time of the wreck which occurred about one o\u2019clock on the afternoon of October 3,1959. The weather was clear. The concrete highway, 18 feet wide, was dry. As the defendant Chapman was driving at about 45-50 miles per hour, rounding a \u201cblind curve,\u201d slightly upgrade, he met an automobile \u201con the wrong side . . . about half way across the center line of the highway . . . Chapman cut to his right. . . got off the shoulder, lost control . . . careened back to the left . . . hit the bank and then turned over ... If he hadn\u2019t cut to the right he would have hit that car . . . She (the driver) was across the white line in our lane of traffic . . . the car went by and he (Chapman) looked around and said, \u2018Who was that?\u2019 \u201d\nAt the close of the plaintiff\u2019s evidence, of which the above is the substance, the court entered judgments of nonsuit, from which the plaintiffs appealed.\nC. David Swift, for 'plaintiffs, appellants.\nPatton & Ervin, by Sam J. Ervin, III, for defendants, appellees."
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