THOMS v. DOWDY


112 S.E.2d 868 (1960)

201 Va. 581

Mae C. THOMS v. Arleen DOWDY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Marshall Frost, Lynchburg (William W. Sweeney, Lynchburg, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

William Rosenberger, Jr., Lynchburg (Perrow & Rosenberger, Lynchburg, on the brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

Arleen Dowdy, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, while riding in a car driven by Mae C. Thoms, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was injured when that car collided with another driven by Oleanda Scott at a street intersection in the city of Lynchburg. In an action for damages for her injuries the plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment of $18,000 in the court below against the defendant, Thoms, who appeals claiming that...

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