City of Richmond v. Hanes

This case involves the question of whether the city of Richmond is entitled to share in a sum paid into court as damages for personal injuries suffered by William E. Hanes, the appellee.

Hanes had been in the employ of the city as a police officer for eighteen years. On May 1, 1959, while on duty directing traffic on one of the city streets, he was struck and seriously and permanently injured by an automobile being negligently operated by one Roy D. Thompson. He was hospitalized for nearly three months and shortly after August 1, 1959, he employed attorneys for the purpose of recovering…