Lum v. Jackson Industrial Uniform Service, Inc.

This is an action under the wrongful death statute, growing out of an automobile collision between a van type delivery truck and a Volkswagen, in which A. D. Lum, Jr. lost his life. The accident occurred about 1:30 P. M. April 15, 1963, on U. S. Highway 61, south of Vicksburg, Mississippi, near the entrance to the Le Tourneau plant.

The decedent, A. D. Lum, Jr., was a young man fifteen years of age, but was licensed to drive a Volkswagen which he owned. The events leading up to his death began on Clay Street in the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi. He stopped his Volkswagen to offer to drive two…