Worrie v. Boze

In our former opinion we affirmed a judgment entered upon a verdict awarding compensatory and punitive damages to the plaintiffs below. (198 Va. 533, 95 S. E. 2d 192.) Against the defendants’ contention that the plaintiffs’ claim was barred by the one-year statute of limitations, we held that the plaintiffs’ claim for both compensatory and punitive damages was of such nature that it would survive the death of the plaintiffs, and that hence the limitation thereon is five years and not one year. Code, § 8-24. (198 Va., at pages 536-7, 95 S. E. 2d, at pages 195-6.)

In a petition for a rehearing…