Lawsuit Says Police Officer, City
Of Wilmington Liable For Death
A South port worn; n is suing the
City oi Wilmington a id a |x>lice ol
Iicer involved in a 19.18 aulomobiK'
accident hi which the woman's sou
was killed.
Eugenia H. Dosher of Southpori
filed a wrongful death lawsuit in
Urunswiek County Superior Conn,
seeking in excess of SIO.(KX) in
damages each front the City ol
Wilmington and Police Ofli, r
Sharon Re nee Thomas.
White answering a call on (X t
.*(), Il>88. Ms. Thomas allege.liy
drove her patrol car through a i d
traffic light .11 .1 high rale of speed,
hitting a ll>X2 Ford Escort driven h>
Charles Manning Dosher, 20, who
was thrown from his ear and killed,
the lawsuit states.
It alleges that Ms. Thomas, a
rookie policc officer at the time,
was not using a siren when -he
drove through the intersection ol
Market Street and Third Street m
Wilmington, striking the Dosher ear
around 3:47 a.m.
IX)sher was thrown through ilk
rear window of his ear and later
died at New Hanover Regional
Medical Center in Wilmington.
The officer did not reduce speed
to avoid the accident and acted in
"reckless disregard for the safety ol
others." the complaint filed by at
torneys Roy Trest, of Shallotte. and
James Prevatte Jr.. of Southpori. al
leges.
Brunswick County Clerk of
Court Diana Morgan said she ex
pects the lawsuit to be transferred to
New Hanover County Superior
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Offered
Flu vaccines arc now available
from the Brunswick County Health
Dcparuncni. which offers the $4
shots at the general clinic and at
seven sites throughout the county.
Vaccines are available Monday
through Frida> at the department in
the Brunswick County Government
Complex in Bolivia during general
clinic hours, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 1:30
a.m. and from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Shots will be given at the follow
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Calabash Fire Department. 9:30
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p.m. to 4 p.m.; Nov. 1, Southport
Senior Citizens Center, 9:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.: Nov. I, Long Beach
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Program To Recall
Pearl Harbor Attack
A committee is being formed in
Southport to organize a program to
be held at the Old Burying Grounds
Dec. 7, 1991, the 50th anniversary
of the attack on the U.S. by
Japanese bombers.
Plans w ill be made to commemo
rate and honor the more than 3,0(X)
lives that were lost when the
Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, in 1941. This event lead to
the development of World War II on
a global basis and was declared by
President Roosevelt to historically
"live in infamy."
For further information or refer
ral to the Southport committee, call
the Brunswick County Veteran
Services Office, 919-253-4307.
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Court, which has lunsuiction over
the ease since the incident occum*d
in Wilmington.
lawsuits are sometimes first filed
at a courthouse closer to the plain
tiff's home. said Ms. Morgan, both
as a convenience lor the resident
and his or her attorney.
Ms. Thomas was responding to
.in alarm call when the accident oc
curred. She was convicted ol death
by motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, in
January 1 W ami lined $500 in
New Hanover County District
Court.
Witnesses testified that Ms.
Thomas, who is still employed by
the Wilmington Police Department,
did not have a siren on when she
entered the intersection.
Ii is the second lawsuit stemming
Ihmii iIk' incident filed by Ms.
Dosher, who is also asking for dam
ages as administrator ol her son's
estate in a complaint tiled hi New
Hanover County Superior Court
shortly after his death.
Dosher was in excellent health,
worked lull time and was studying
computer science at Brunswick
Community College at the time of
his death, the lawsuit stales.
It accuses Ms Thomas of driving
at a s|ved greater than reasonable,
ot failing to reduce speed to avoid a
death, of failure to keep her vehicle
under control and ol violating the
law by failure to use a siren.
Ms. Dosher has sought medical
help for "severe emotional distress
ami depression" because of her
son's death, it slates. She was called
to the hospital following the acci
dent where she "waited anxiously
bclore being informed that her son
was deceased," it states.
She is asking thai a jury award in
excess of $10,000 from each of lite
defendants for damages and for the
loss of her son's companionship.
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