MARSHALL v. GOUGHNOUR

Record No. 781101.

269 S.E.2d 801 (1980)

Mortimer M. MARSHALL, Administrator, etc. v. Ronald Irvin GOUGHNOUR.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

August 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Waugh Crigler, Culpeper (Davies, Crigler, Barrell & Will, Culpeper, on brief), for appellant.

John J. Brandt, Arlington (Slenker, Brandt, Jennings & Johnston, Arlington, on brief), for appellee.

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


COCHRAN, Justice.

John Thomas Long, an employee of the Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation, was performing his assigned duties when he was struck and fatally injured by an automobile operated by Ronald Irvin Goughnour. Long's personal representative brought this wrongful death action for damages alleged to have been by caused by Goughnour's negligence.

A jury trial resulted in a verdict for the defendant. The trial court, overruling the plaintiff...

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