[Download] "Strickland v. Carolina Classics Catfish Inc." by North Carolina Court of Appeals # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

July 12, 2021

eBook details

Title: Strickland v. Carolina Classics Catfish Inc.
Author : North Carolina Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 06, 1995
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 66 KB

Description

LEWIS, Judge. Gordon G. Strickland was killed in a highway accident which occurred while returning from a trip for his employer, defendant Carolina Classics Catfish, Inc. (hereinafter Catfish, Inc.). On 12 June 1990, Strickland began work at 8:00 a.m., drove over 200 miles to make a delivery of catfish fingerlings, and then began his return trip. He was driving a company truck with three storage tanks mounted on the truck bed. After the delivery, two tanks were empty and one contained dead catfish and water. At approximately 1:20 a.m. on 13 June 1990, as he was driving north along Highway 903, Strickland lost control of the truck in a sharp curve and was killed when his truck overturned. The regular speed limit on the road was 55 miles per hour but 35 miles per hour at the curve. It is undisputed that Strickland was driving about 50 miles per hour in the curve and about 40 miles per hour when the truck crashed, that he had a blood alcohol concentration of 100 milligrams percent (equivalent to .10 on a breathalyzer scale), that he was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident, and that Workers' Compensation applies. The evidence also tended to show that Strickland was thrown about in the truck and received fatal head injuries.