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ROBERT ALLEN CONNER Plaintiff-Appellee
vs.
CONTINENTAL INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS INC. & ROBERT WYATT Defendants-Appellants.
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Issues:
Post-accident testing, cocaine, private right of action, evidence.
Case Summary:
The defendants in a personal injury case appeal a lower court's ruling. Robert Conner, a truck driver, made a delivery to Continental Industrial Chemicals, Inc. While at Continental, Conner was struck and injured by a forklift operated by Robert Wyatt. Conner filed suit, seeking damages and related compensation.
Decision of lower jurisdiction:
A trial court judge allowed the introduction of the results of a post-accident drug test that was performed on Wyatt. The test produced a positive result for cocaine. Conner was awarded $300,000. Wyatt now appeals, alleging several errors by the trial court judge.
Outcome:
Wyatt loses. The North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling of the lower jurisdiction. The appeals court ruled that it could find no error in the rulings made by the trial court.