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HIGH v. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

307 A.2d 799 (1973)

Nesta W. HIGH, widow of Robert M. High, Plaintiff-Below, Appellee, Cross-Appellant, and Cross-Appellee, v. The STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT of the State of Delaware, and Eastern States Construction Company, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware, Defendants-Below, Appellees, Appellants, Cross-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. James A. WASHINGTON and Irving Chernekoff, t/a Installers Associates, Defendant-Below, Cross-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

April 6, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Alton Tybout, of Tybout, Redfearn & Schnee, Wilmington, for Nesta W. High.

Ben T. Castle and William F. Taylor, of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, for State Highway Dept.

Roger Sanders and Walter P. McEvilly, Jr., of Prickett, Ward, Burt & Sanders, Wilmington, for Eastern States Constr. Co.

E. N. Carpenter, II, and A. M. Terrell, Jr. of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for James A. Washington and Irving Chernekoff, t/a Installers Associates.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury's verdict in a wrongful death action brought under 10 Del.C. § 3702(b) by the widow of the deceased. The plaintiff appeals solely on the question of the amount of damages, and asks for a new trial on the issue of damages alone. All four defendants appeal generally. The State Highway Department and Eastern States Construction Company, Inc., the contractor on the job, appeal the imposition...

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