Mayo v. OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• driver would not be liable in wrongful death action if jury found decedent had suddenly stepped into driver's path before being hit
• driver would not be liable in wrongful death action if jury found decedent had suddenly stepped into driver’s path before being hit
• wrongful death action not susceptible to summary adjudication where the evidence was in conflict as to whether pedestrian was standing in road or had suddenly stepped into path of truck when hit
• “[Q]uestions of negligence, diligence, . . . and proximate cause are peculiarly matters for the jury, and a court should not take the place of the jury in solving them, except in plain and indisputable cases.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).