High v. State Highway Department

WOLCOTT, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury’s verdict in a wrongful death action brought under 10 Del.C. § 3702(b) by the widow of the deceased. The plaintiff appeals solely on the question of the amount of damages, and asks for a new trial on the issue of damages alone. All four defendants appeal generally. The State Highway Department and Eastern States Construction Company, Inc., the contractor on the job, appeal the imposition of any liability upon them. Irving Chernekoff, t/a Installers Associates, the owner of the truck involved in the accident, and James…