McClelland v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages for personal injuries to a child pedestrian who was struck by an automobile. Plaintiffs are the parents of the child. Defendants are the driver of the automobile, Mrs. Pearl M. Bujard, and her insurer, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company. A jury rendered verdict for defendants. Plaintiffs appealed.

The issue is whether the defendant motorist was negligent.

The scene of the accident is the intersection of Horridge Street, which runs north and south, with Hampton, which runs east and west, in a mixed commercial and residential area of the city of Vinton,…