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PETERSON v. NEME

Record No. 790651.

281 S.E.2d 869 (1981)

Florida E. PETERSON v. Juliet NEME.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowry J. Miller, Arlington (Miller, Miller & Cyron, Alexandria, on brief), for appellant.

Ansley J. Robin, Alexandria (Philip F. Hudock and Associates, P.C., McLean, on brief), for appellee.

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

POFF, Justice.

The principal question raised by this appeal is whether a non-immigrant alien, excluded by federal law from the job market in this country, may recover wage losses as an element of damages ex delicto.

The plaintiff Juliet Neme, a citizen of Colombia, entered the United States in 1970 under a temporary visitor-for-pleasure visa. See 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(B) (1976). A non-immigrant alien in her status is forbidden by federal...

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