BELL v. KIRBY

Record No. 820756.

311 S.E.2d 799 (1984)

Richard Clark BELL v. Dorothy Mae KIRBY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S.J. Thompson, Jr., Lynchburg (Caskie, Frost, Hobbs, Thompson, Knakal & Alford, Lynchburg, on brief), for appellant.

E. Ronald Feinman, Jr., Lynchburg (Bell, Coward, Morrison & Spies, Lynchburg, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON and THOMAS, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


THOMAS, Justice.

Dorothy Mae Kirby sued Richard Clark Bell for personal injuries sustained when Bell, who was driving a van, struck Kirby as she was crossing a street. Bell admitted liability. The case was tried to a jury on the question of damages. The jury returned a verdict of $60,000.00 in favor of Kirby. After the trial court disposed of certain post-trial motions, it entered judgment on the verdict.

Bell makes four assignments of error, but chief among...

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