
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, July 14, 1990                   TAG: 9007140294
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT                                LENGTH: Short

COMPANY SUED OVER MAN'S DEATH

The widow of a 28-year-old Martinsville man killed in an automobile accident last August has filed a $5 million lawsuit against MW Manufacturers Inc. of Rocky Mount.

The lawsuit alleges that Curtis Dale Prillaman's car was forced off U.S. 220 in Franklin County by a tractor-trailer operated by MW employee Claude Andrew Tyree.

Martinsville lawyer Philip G. Gardner alleges that Prillaman's death Aug. 25 was the "direct result" of the company's negligence.

A spokesman for MW could not be reached for comment Friday.

The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Franklin County Circuit Court on behalf of Norma D. Prillaman.

by CNB