FARREN v. GILBERT

Record No. 800455.

297 S.E.2d 668 (1982)

Jack L. FARREN, Administrator of the Estate of Ellen E. Farren, Deceased v. Bobby Earl GILBERT and Roanoke Restaurant Service, Inc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn M. Hodge, Harrisonburg (Ronald D. Hodges, Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, Harrisonburg, on briefs), for appellant.

William R. Smith, Harrisonburg (William R. Smith, P.C., Harrisonburg, on brief), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ.


POFF, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment confirming a jury verdict for the defendants in a wrongful death action.

Ellen Farren was killed when she was struck by a ten-wheel truck owned by defendant Roanoke Restaurant Service, Inc., and operated by defendant Bobby Earl Gilbert. The accident occurred in a parking-delivery lot of a nursing home where the decedent was employed as a housekeeper. The paved lot lies on the west side of the building. Its western...

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