Edwards v. Syrkes

On April 14, 1968, at approximately 11 a.m., while Herman Williams, 8 years of age, was riding a bicycle north on Route 719 in Louisa County, an automobile driven in the same direction by the defendant, Genie Syrkes, struck the bicycle and killed the boy. Allen Edwards, Herman’s administrator, instituted this action against the defendant to recover for the wrongful death of his decedent.

A jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment thereon of $1,000 in favor of the administrator, which was equally divided between Herman’s mother, Maxine Lee Williams, and his half-sister, Leah Williams…