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LAUGHON & JOHNSON, INC. v. BURCH

Record No. 790913.

278 S.E.2d 856 (1981)

LAUGHON & JOHNSON, INC. v. B. O. BURCH et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 12, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Hambrick, Jr., Roanoke (S. D. Roberts Moore, Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, on brief), for appellant.

Edwin C. Stone, Radford (Davis & Stone, Inc., Radford, on brief), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C. J., and HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

In M. W. Worley Construction Co. v. Hungerford, Inc., 215 Va. 377, 210 S.E.2d 161 (1974), we applied the rule of strict liability in a blasting case when property damage was caused by rock and debris. In the present case, we decide the issue specifically reserved in Worley; that is, will the doctrine of liability without fault likewise apply when property damage results...

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