ARMSTEAD v. JAMES

Record No. 771852.

257 S.E.2d 767 (1979)

Peggy ARMSTEAD v. Edgar JAMES.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

August 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Macali, Williamsburg (James T. Wood, Stone, Bland & Wood, Williamsburg, on brief), for appellant.

C. F. Hicks, Gloucester (Martin, Hicks & Ingles, Ltd., Gloucester, on brief), for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Peggy Armstead was injured in July of 1975 in Williamsburg when the motor vehicle in which she was a passenger collided with another driven by defendant Edgar James. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in her favor for $2,000, an amount which she claims was inadequate. The dispositive issue, however, is whether, as plaintiff also claims, the trial court misdirected the jury. We think that it did and reverse.

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