De La Riva v. Vowell

By Judge Ford C. Quillen

Statement of Facts

On the afternoon of July 10,1997, an automobile driven by Robert Jose De La Riva, Jr. (“De La Riva, Jr.”) with two passengers, Robert Jose De La Riva, Sr. (“De La Riva, Sr.”) and Alissa De La Riva, was attempting a left turn on U.S. Highway 23 in Gate City, Scott County, Virginia, near the Gate City Ford Company. At this same time, a vehicle driven by Paul Dean Vowell, as an agent of Phillip Morris, Inc., struck the rear of the De La Riva automobile. Immediately, another vehicle driven by Joseph Madison Livesay *489struck the rear of Vowell’s vehicle…