HAWTHORNE v. VanMARTER

Record Nos. 091127, 091156.

692 S.E.2d 226 (2010)

Paxton HAWTHORNE, Co-Administrator of the Estate of Joyce Hawthorne, et al. v. Timothy VanMARTER. Kevin Guthrie v. Timothy VanMarter.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Anthony (Paxton Hawthorne, on briefs), pro se.

Paul R. Thompson III (Kevin W. Ryan; Michie Hamlett Lowry Rasmussen & Tweel, Charlottesville, on briefs), for appellant Kevin Guthrie.

Jim H. Guynn, Jr. (Guynn, Memmer & Dillon, Salem, on briefs), for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KEENAN, KOONTZ, LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and LACY, S.J.


OPINION BY Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.

In these appeals of a judgment for a defendant in a vehicular accident case alleging ordinary and gross negligence, we consider several issues, including the circuit court's holding that the defendant, a police officer, was entitled to sovereign immunity. We also consider the defendant's motion to dismiss one of the appeals.

I. Pre-Trial Rulings

In June 2005, Joyce...

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