Graddy v. Hatchett

This is an appeal in a wrongful death action arising from a collision of motor vehicles at a street intersection. We consider whether the trial court erred in striking the evidence of one defendant on the issue of liability, in granting one of the instructions on the issue of damages, and in ruling the verdict was not excessive in amount.

On September 14, 1982, about noon, a Ford convertible automobile operated by appellant Tony Graddy and a municipal trash truck operated by George Jackson, Jr., collided in Norfolk causing the death of Albarnie T. Hatchett, a passenger in the automobile. The…