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ROBERTS v. MUNDY

156 S.E.2d 593 (1967)

208 Va. 236

D. E. ROBERTS, Jr., and James L. Boone v. G. Marshall MUNDY, Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Clarence William Brooks, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 8, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Roberts, Bristol (Joseph P. Johnson, Jr., Abingdon, Warren & Warren, Bristol, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Robert J. Rogers, Roanoke (James C. Turk, Radford, Woods, Rogers, Muse, Walker & Thornton, Roanoke, Dalton, Poff, Turk & Stone, Radford, on brief), for defendants in error.

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

BUCHANAN, Justice.

Clarence William Brooks was killed when the tractor-trailer being driven by him was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer owned by D. E. Roberts, Jr., and being driven by James L. Boone. The administrator of Brooks (plaintiff) brought this action for damages for his death against Roberts and Boone (defendants). A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $35,000 on which the court entered judgment and the defendants appeal.

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