Gwaltney v. Scott

Terry, Chief Justice.

These cases were consolidated by us for argument. They both involve identical factual situations, and the legal issues in each are the same. Plaintiffs are the administrators of the estates of certain decedents who were killed in an automobile collision. Defendant is the representative of the estate of Albert Perry Scott, Jr., who was killed when the automobile he was driving struck the car in which plaintiff’s decedents were riding. The deaths of all parties were simultaneous and instantaneous, and these tort actions were filed within the two year period established by…