130 N.C. App. 670 - Pinckney v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “According to Baker, the alleged emergency circumstance . . . was the action of Luces in pulling suddenly and unexpectedly in front of Baker’s van. However, Baker repeatedly testified he did not see Luces’ vehicle prior to the collision, and that his attention was directed to it only upon impact.... [T]he sole indication in the record is that Baker was unaware of the alleged emergency until the actual collision.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 137 N.C. App. 461 - Long v. Harris

2. “the jury is permitted to consider, in its determination of whether specific conduct was reasonable under the circumstances, that the actor faced an emergency. It logically follows that in order for perception of an emergency to have affected the reasonableness of the actor's conduct, the [actor] must have perceived the emergency circumstance and reacted to it .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 258 N.C. App. 234 - Goins v. Time Warner Cable Se., LLC