Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Wrongful Death Claim
In an opinion filed on December 2, 2014, the North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed the order dismissing a wrongful death suit by the estate of a 19-year-old man, because the decedent’s contributory negligence barred his estate’s claim as a matter of law, pursuant to Sorrells v. M.Y.B. Hospitality Ventures of Asheville, 332 N.C. 645, 423…