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SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. WARD

202 S.E.2d 877 (1974)

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. Thomas J. WARD.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis T. Booker, Richmond (Eppa Hunton, IV: Hunton, Williams, Gay & Gibson, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Raymond H. Strople, Portsmouth (Willard J. Moody; Bernard Miller; Moody, McMurran & Miller, Portsmouth, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff, Thomas J. Ward, filed a motion for judgment against Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company to recover damages under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., as amended, for injuries received while working in Seaboard's railroad shop in Portsmouth. Plaintiff received a jury verdict in the amount of $200,000 upon which the trial court entered judgment. We granted Seaboard a writ of error to consider (1) whether negligence...

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