SIMMONS v. ADAMS


121 S.E.2d 379 (1961)

202 Va. 926

Curtis O. SIMMONS v. John B. ADAMS, an Infant, etc. Curtis O. SIMMONS v. Crescence K. ADAMS. Curtis O. SIMMONS v. Morton ADAMS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 8, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Poff, John H. Thornton, Jr., Roanoke (Woods, Rogers, Muse & Walker, Roanoke, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

William Rosenberger, Jr., Lynchburg, for defendants in error.

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


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

On the morning of January 5, 1959, Morton Adams was driving his car southwardly on Williamson road in the city of Roanoke, with his wife, Crescence, and their sixteen-year-old son, John, as passengers. After the Adams car had come to a stop in a line of traffic, awaiting a left turn by a car ahead, it was struck in the rear by a pickup truck driven by Curtis O. Simmons. As the result of the collision the Adams car was driven into the rear...

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