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NORFOLK & W. RY. CO. v. CHRISMAN

Record No. 770474.

247 S.E.2d 457 (1978)

NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. Marvin E. CHRISMAN et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

August 31, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip C. Stone, Harrisonburg (W. W. Wharton, George H. Roberts, Jr., Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, Harrisonburg, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Robert Scott Janney, Luray (Roby G. Janney, Janney & Janney, Luray, on brief), for defendants in error.

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

CARRICO, Justice.

By motion for judgment filed in the court below, Marvin E. Chrisman sought to recover from Norfolk and Western Railway Company (hereinafter, N&W) damages for personal injuries sustained when the door of a boxcar fell on him while he was unloading the car for his employer, Southern States Cooperative, Incorporated.* In a jury trial, Chrisman was granted instructions upon theories of both proven negligence and res...

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