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VOTSIS v. WARD'S COFFEE SHOP, INC.

Record No. 751460.

231 S.E.2d 236 (1977)

Katherine K. VOTSIS v. WARD'S COFFEE SHOP, INCORPORATED and Bud's Super Market, Inc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank F. Arness, Portsmouth (Nunnally & Arness, Portsmouth, on brief), for plaintiff-in-error.

Richard S. Harman, Worth D. Banner, Norfolk (Douglas B. Smith, Seawell, McCoy, Dalton, Hughes, Gore & Timms, White, Reynolds, Smith, Winters & Lucas, Norfolk, on briefs), for defendants-in-error.

Before CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

In this negligence case, we consider the liability of occupiers of private property, abutting a public sidewalk, for injuries sustained by a pedestrian who fell on that portion of the sidewalk which was used as a driveway from a public street into the property, a parking lot.

Appellant Katherine K. Votsis, the plaintiff below, sued the City of Norfolk and appellees Ward's Coffee Shop, Incorporated and Bud's Super Market, Inc. for damages...

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