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HAGAN v. HICKS

165 S.E.2d 421 (1969)

209 Va. 499

Julia L. HAGAN, t/a Hagan Truck Line, and Marvin H. Bryant v. Evelyn HICKS, Executrix of the Estate of Louis Hicks, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 20, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Preston, Norfolk (Preston, Preston & Wilson, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Edward A. Marks, Jr., Richmond (Frank B. Miller, III, Richmond, Frank H. Pitchford, Newport News, Sands, Anderson, Marks & Clarke, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

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

BUCHANAN, Justice.

Louis Hicks was killed when a sedan delivery truck driven by him collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer owned by Julia L. Hagan and operated by her employee, Marvin H. Bryant. Evelyn Hicks, Louis Hicks' widow and executrix, brought an action against Hagan and Bryant seeking damages for the wrongful death of her husband.

The case was tried to a jury which found for plaintiff in the amount...

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