Edwards v. Cerro’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “[T]he only evidence at all that could be showing any negligence would be that [Mr. Hawley] was operating [his truck] too slow [sic] to ... “impede the normal and reasonable movement” of traffic .. . all the evidence tends to show that the defendant, Cash, was operating the tractor-trailer and struck Mr. Hawley square in the . . . back of the pickup truck. That there were no skid marks. There was no evidence of any movement of the tractor-trailer to avoid the [] striking of the pickup truck. There is evidence that tends to show that Mr. Cash didn’t see the pickup truck before the impact. . . The Court finds that Mr. Hawley has testified . . . that he was proceeding fifty (50) to fifty-five (55) at the time of the collision. There is evidence that tends to show that the . . . State trooper, who is an experienced law enforcement officer involved in investigating accidents . . . estimated that Mr. Hawley was going about fifty (50) miles per hour . . . The Court does find as a fact that from all of the evidence that even if Mr. Hawley was going forty (40) to forty-five (45) miles per hour when it [sic] was not any minimum speed, that the Court finds that this would not have impeded the normal and reasonable movement of the traffic of someone keeping a proper lookout, and keeping their vehicle . . . under control, and not ramming someone in the back. And the Court does find as a fact that taking all of the evidence in the light most favorable to the defendant in this case, that eve”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 155 N.C. App. 580 - Hawley v. Cash

2. “[a]n order that the matters regarding which the order was made or any other designated facts shall be taken to be established for the purposes of the action in accordance with the claim of the party obtaining the order.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 N.C. App. 327 - Feeassco, LLC v. Steel Network, Inc.