JOHNSON v. SMITH

Record No. 901049.

403 S.E.2d 685 (1991)

Deborah J. JOHNSON, Administrator, etc. v. Joseph Dwayne SMITH, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Burnett (Burnett & Williams, on brief), for appellant.

William G. McMurtie (John J. Wall, on brief), for appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, WHITING, LACY, and HASSELL, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


CARRICO, Chief Justice.

In this wrongful death case, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffadministrator. The sole question for decision is whether the trial court erred in refusing to set the verdict aside as inadequate.

James Melvin Johnson was killed on June 30, 1988, when the motorcycle he was operating and a van driven by Joseph Dwayne Smith collided at the intersection of Routes 287 and 854 in Loudoun County. Johnson and Smith were proceeding...

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