NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 102.60
CONCURRING NEGLIGENCE.
Operators of separate vehicles2 may be held jointly and severally
liable for their separate3 acts of negligence.
In defining proximate cause I explained that there may be two or
more proximate causes of [an injury] [damage]. This occurs when
separate and independent acts or omissions of different people concur,
that is, combine, to produce a single result. Thus, if the negligent acts
or omissions of the operators of two (or more) vehicles concur to produce
the [injury] [damage] complained of, the conduct of each operator is a
proximate cause. Each operator is jointly and severally liable for the
[injury] [damage] that results, even though one operator may have been
more or less negligent than another.4
History
N.C.P.I.—Motor Vehicle 102.60 (May 2005). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
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- 2026-09-25
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- 2026-09-24
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