PACK v. DOE

Record No. 860646.

374 S.E.2d 22 (1988)

Donald M. PACK, Administrator, etc. v. John DOE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Rodney Fitzpatrick, Roanoke, for appellant.

James W. Jennings, Jr. (Elizabeth A. Schell; Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, Roanoke, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ., and GORDON, Retired Justice.


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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