DELANEY v. CRAIGHILL


188 S.E.2d 78 (1972)

212 Va. 774

Edgar Leonard DELANEY v. Rebecca Lynn CRAIGHILL.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank O. Meade, Danville (Meade, Tate & Meade, Danville, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

James W. Haskins, Martinsville (R. Reid Young, Jr., Martinsville, Robert W. Mann, Stuart, Irvin W. Cubine, Young, Kiser & Haskins, Martinsville, on brief), for defendant in error.

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


PER CURIAM.

Rebecca Lynn Craighill recovered a judgment against Edgar Leonard Delaney for injuries received in an automobile accident that occurred while she was riding as a guest in his automobile.

Appellant's assignment of error requires us to consider an instruction on gross negligence which reads as follows:

"The Court instructs the jury that on the occasion in question the defendant owed to the plaintiff...

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