SYKES v. LANGLEY CABS, INCORPORATED


176 S.E.2d 417 (1970)

211 Va. 202

Roy L. SYKES, Administrator of the Estate of Harold J. Isleib, Deceased v. LANGLEY CABS, INCORPORATED.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 4, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Arthur Jett, Jr., Norfolk (Jett, Sykes & Berkley, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Phillips M. Dowding, Newport News (Dowding & Thomas, Newport News, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN and HARMAN, JJ.


HARRISON, Justice.

Roy L. Sykes, Administrator of the estate of Harold J. Isleib, deceased, seeks to recover damages for the wrongful death of the decedent. He alleges that defendant J. H. Butler Griffin, agent and driver for defendant Langley Cabs, Incorporated, was engaged to transport Isleib from a point in the City of Hampton to Fass Brothers' pier in the said city; and that Griffin negligently drove the cab onto said pier at night under adverse conditions of...

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