Legal Opinion
Lindberg v. Goode
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided May 4, 1959No. Record 4914PublishedCited by 5 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The plaintiff, Emmett Goode, was struck and injured by an automobile driven by the defendant,, Otto Lindberg, and on a jury trial he recovered a verdict for $10,000. The trial court granted judgment on the verdict and the defendant has appealed. The errors assigned are that the evidence was insufficient to establish that he was negligent, and if he was then the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence.
The accident happened on August 24, 1955, about 11 a.m. on U. S. 301, in Greensville county. At that point Route 301 is a four-lane highway running north and south, having two southbound…
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