Shelter Mutual Insurance Co. v. White

SPINDEN, Judge.

The appellants ask us to permit them to sue the passengers of a vehicle involved in a fatal crash in late 1992 in Richmond on the theory that the passengers encouraged the driver to operate the vehicle negligently. The circuit court dismissed all of the appellants’ claims against the passengers. We reverse in part and affirm in part.

On December 5, 1992, Brandon White, while intoxicated, drove a pickup at excessive speed past a stop sign without stopping, and the pickup crashed into another pickup driven by Roger Ash.1 The crash severely injured Ash and killed his passenger and…