Legal Opinion
Etherton v. Doe
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 10, 2004No. Record 032104PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSELL, Senior Justice.
This appeal turns upon the sufficiency of the evidence to frame a jury issue with respect to assault and willful and wanton conduct in a non-contact automobile tort case. Gail K. Etherton, the plaintiff below, and her daughter, Deborah Etherton, were the only witnesses who testified to the relevant events at trial, and the facts will be stated in accordance with their testimony.
On February 1, 2001 at about 3:30 p.m., Gail Etherton was driving her car west on Route 29 in the City of Fairfax. Her front-seat passenger was her daughter, Deborah. Mrs. Etherton, intending to…
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- Green v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
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