Hall v. Carwile

Donna Sue Hall was lulled on April 27, 1971, when the automobile in which she was riding in Campbell County left the highway, struck a mailbox and went through a fence into an adjoining field. This wrongful death action was instituted by her administrator against the operator of the automobile, Ronald Lewis Carwile, and John Doe. A jury trial resulted in a verdict for the administrator against Car-wile in the sum of $15,000 on which judgment was entered. We granted the administrator a writ of error to determine whether the jury was properly instructed as to allowable damages.

At the time of…