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SMITH v. SETTLE

Record No. 961752.

492 S.E.2d 427 (1997)

Robert L. SMITH, Jr. v. Kenneth J. SETTLE, Jr., By and Through his father and next friend, Kenneth J. SETTLE, Sr., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 12, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archibald Wallace, III (E. Scott Moore Goodwin; Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Robert T. Hall (Holly Parkhurst Lear; Hall & Sickels, Reston, on brief), for appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, LACY, KEENAN, and KOONTZ, JJ., and WHITING, Senior Justice.

WHITING, Senior Justice.

This appeal of consolidated personal injury cases raises issues involving a so-called high-low agreement, sovereign immunity, and rulings on jury instructions.

Kenneth J. Settle, Sr., was driving a car on State Route 1 in Prince William County when it was struck in the intersection of Route 1 and Fuller Road by an ambulance of the Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad, Incorporated. The ambulance was being driven on Fuller Road by rescue...

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