Cawthorn sues for #30M
ASHEVILLE - Eight years after Western North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn was partially paralyzed in a fiery car crash in Florida, he's still in court suing his once-best friend, a man he blames for the life-altering accident and through whom he has sought $30 million.
Buncombe County court records uncovered by the Citizen Times show that Cawthorn, 26, is locked in a legal battle with Bradley Ledford, 26, who was driving the car when it crashed in 2014, leaving Cawthorn in a wheelchair. As part of the discovery phase in the jury trial set for October, Ledford filed subpoenas Jan. 13 for Cawthorn’s medical records with six different Asheville health care providers, including Mission Hospital.
These are the latest filings in Cawthorn’s accident-related court cases — which one judge compared to a "Laurel and Hardy" type conundrum, telling Cawthorn's lawyers the way the case had gone through so many strange legal twists and turns it was essentially unprecedented.
Apparently, Cawthorn had his feed on the dash at the time of the crash. Airbags will fold you in half if your feet are on the dash.