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EDWARDS v. SYRKES

179 S.E.2d 902 (1971)

211 Va. 600

Allen EDWARDS, Administrator, etc., v. Genie SYRKES.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. W. Whitlock, Mineral, for plaintiff in error.

J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., Richmond (Sands, Anderson, Marks & Clarke, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

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

I'ANSON, Justice.

On April 14, 1968, at approximately 11 a.m., while Herman Williams, 8 years of age, was riding a bicycle north on Route 719 in Louisa County, an automobile driven in the same direction by the defendant, Genie Syrkes, struck the bicycle and killed the boy. Allen Edwards, Herman's administrator, instituted this action against the defendant to recover for the wrongful death of his decedent.

A jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment thereon...

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