CARRICO, Chief Justice.
In this wrongful death case, the sole assignment of error concerning the question of liability involves the trial court's action in granting a defense instruction on sudden emergency. Finding the court's action erroneous, we will reverse.
On November 9, 1984, Edward Allen Howell was killed while riding as a passenger in a pickup truck operated by Robin A. Cahoon. On January 2, 1985, Howell's mother, acting as administratrix of his estate...
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