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LAWSON v. DOE

Record No. 890962.

391 S.E.2d 333 (1990)

Charlie O. LAWSON, Administrator of the Estate of Marvin O. Lawson, Deceased v. John DOE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. William Watson, Jr. (John E. Greenbacker, Halifax, Edmunds & Watson, on brief), for appellant.

Frank O. Meade, Danville, (Frank K. Friedman, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, Roanoke, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

Code § 46.2-1111 provides that "[n]o vehicle shall carry any load extending more than six inches beyond the line of the fender or body."* Violation of this section constitutes negligence. Atl. Greyhound Corp. v. Shelton, 184 Va. 684, 689-90, 36 S.E.2d 625, 627 (1946).

Adopting the foregoing proposition as his sole theory of recovery, the plaintiff, Charlie O. Lawson, administrator of the estate...

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