CARRICO, Chief Justice.
On October 1, 1977, the plaintiff, Douglas Q. Scott, a Virginia Beach police officer, was injured when struck by a pickup truck as he pursued on foot a fleeing lawbreaker. Following the accident, the driver of the truck did not stop, but left the scene. In the trial of Scott's claim for damages against John Doe, the hit-run driver, the jury returned a plaintiff's verdict for $100,000.
On appeal, John Doe contends the judgment entered...
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