MURPHY v. VIRGINIA CAROLINA FREIGHT LINES, INC.

Record No. 740559.

213 S.E.2d 769 (1975)

215 Va. 770

Gail Yeatts MURPHY v. VIRGINIA CAROLINA FREIGHT LINES, INCORPORATED.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Carter, Danville, for plaintiff in error.

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

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


HARMAN, Justice.

Gail Yeatts Murphy (plaintiff) was injured in an automobile crash on January 12, 1972, on U. S. Route 58 in Pittsylvania County approximately five miles east of Danville. The case was first tried before a jury in the trial court on all issues. That jury returned a verdict against Virginia Carolina Freight Lines, Incorporated (defendant), in favor of the plaintiff for $25,000.1 The trial court set aside the verdict on the...

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