Legal Opinion
John Doe v. Brown
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 23, 1962No. Record 5405PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtI’Anson, J.
This is an appeal on behalf of an unknown uninsured motorist, denominated as John Doe pursuant to the statute, from a judgment in the amount of $14,000 entered against him on a jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Thomas Preston Brown, who was injured as a result of the alleged negligence of an unknown operator of a motor vehicle while he was riding as a guest in an automobile operated by Edward Eugene Grubbs, a co-defendant. Judgment was entered for Grubbs and he is not a party to this appeal.
The motion for judgment was instituted under the “Uninsured Motorist Law,” Code, 1960 Cum.…
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