130 N.C. App. 652 - Coble v. Knight’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “Indeed, if, as [decedent’s] estate argues, the intoxicated condition of the son was, or at least should have been apparent to his father when he handed the spare keys to his son, then under the facts of this case, the only conclusion to be drawn is that the son’s intoxicated state was equally obvious to [decedent] when he got into the vehicle with the son. The record shows that [decedent] and the [son] drank alcoholic beverages for hours prior to stopping at the gas station. Thereafter, they waited together until [the son’s] father arrived. These facts show conclusively that [decedent’s] negligence in riding with the intoxicated son rose at least to the level of the father’s alleged negligence in entrusting the automobile to his son. Such negligence on [decedent’s] part, of course, acts as a bar to any claim his estate has against the father’s negligence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 133 N.C. App. 147 - Coleman v. Hines