Beasley v. Barnes

The sole question involved in this appeal is whether plaintiff, William Gene Beasley, an infant who was 19 years of age, was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law when the motorcycle he owned and operated collided with a truck owned by defendant Bottoms Fiske Truck Lines, Incorporated, and operated by defendant Samuel Barnes, its employee, in South Norfolk on January 22, 1957.

A trial was had on May 6 and 7, 1958, and the jury awarded plaintiff a verdict in the sum of $27,500 for damages resulting from severe personal injuries he sustained. On motion of defendants, the trial…