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RELIABLE STORES CORP. v. MARSH

Record No. 761665.

243 S.E.2d 219 (1978)

RELIABLE STORES CORPORATION, t/a Shaw Jewelry Company v. Louise K. MARSH.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Clarkson, Norfolk (James C. Howell, Willcox, Savage, Lawrence, Dickson & Spindle, P. C., Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Wayne R. Spencer, Newport News (Allen C. Tanner, Jr., Gibson, Cowardin & Spencer, Newport News, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and COMPTON, JJ.

COCHRAN, Justice.

Louise K. Marsh obtained a jury verdict for $9,000 for personal injuries received when she walked into a glass door at the entrance to a jewelry store located in Mercury Mall, a shopping center in Hampton. The operator of the jewelry store, Reliable Stores Corporation, contends on appeal that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law which bars her recovery. We agree.

The accident occurred on November 15, 1974, about...

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