Sullivan v. Sutherland

On the afternoon of June 18, 1963, Linda Sue Sutherland, aged seven, while crossing state highway route 613 in the town of Haysi, Dickenson county, Virginia, was struck and killed by a log truck driven by the defendant, Virgil Dean Sullivan.

The father of the child, James L. Sutherland, as administrator of her *378estate, filed a motion for judgment against the defendant to recover for her wrongful death, and a jury trial resulted in a verdict against the defendant in the sum of $15,000. Judgment was entered on the verdict and defendant is here on a writ of error.

The sole question presented is…