COMPTON, Justice.
The dispositive question in this wrongful death action is whether a plaintiff, whose decedent was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law, established entitlement to rely on the last clear chance doctrine as a basis for recovery against a negligent defendant.
On March 26, 1983, about 1:35 a.m., Anthony Mitchell Pack was lying motionless in the travel portion of Interstate 581 in Roanoke County. He was run over and killed by an...
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