Cape Charles Flying Service, Inc. v. Nottingham

This writ of error brings under review the record of a trial which culminated in a judgment on a verdict of $20,000, *447compensation for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff when struck by the propeller of an airplane operated by defendants.

The Cape Charles Flying Service, Inc., hereinafter referred to as defendant corporation, owns a landing field just east of the town of Cape Charles, Virginia, and is engaged in the business of hiring planes, training pilots, etc. Richard Thomas Cavedo was an eighteen-year-old Richmond high school student. He had only fifty hours flying credit, and since…