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JONES v. DOWNS

Record No. 791139.

278 S.E.2d 799 (1981)

Helen D. JONES, Administratrix, etc. v. Fred A. DOWNS and Jones Milling Company.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 12, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Augustus Anninos, Norfolk (Howell, Anninos, Daugherty & Brown, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant.

Donnell P. Davis, Norfolk (Richard A. Saunders, Furniss, Davis & Rashkind, Norfolk, on brief), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C. J., COCHRAN, COMPTON and STEPHENSON, JJ., and HARMAN, Senior Justice.

PER CURIAM.

In this wrongful death action, we consider whether the trial court erred in striking the plaintiff's evidence on the ground that the plaintiff's evidence presented no jury issue concerning the defendant's negligence.

The plaintiff's decedent, John Mark Jones, was killed at approximately 8:25 p.m. on September 30, 1977, when his car ran into the rear of a tractor-trailer truck owned by defendant Jones Milling Company and operated that night by defendant...

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