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JENKINS v. PYLES

Record No. 041892.

611 S.E.2d 404 (2005)

269 Va. 383

Clarence W. JENKINS v. Daymion Wayne PYLES, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 22, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradford M. Young (The Chandler Law Group, on briefs), Charlottesville, for appellant.

Humes J. Franklin, III (Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, on briefs), Harrisonburg, for appellees.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and COMPTON, S.J.

KEENAN, Justice.

In this personal injury action arising out of a motor vehicle accident, we consider whether the circuit court erred in setting aside a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff on the ground that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

The accident at issue occurred in June 2000, when Clarence W. Jenkins, Jr. was driving a pickup truck on State Route 259, a two-lane road, in Rockingham County. Daymion W. Pyles...

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