EXXON CORP. v. FULGHAM

Record No. 800321.

294 S.E.2d 894 (1982)

EXXON CORPORATION, v. Robert C. FULGHAM, Jr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Rolfe, Richmond (Robert F. Brooks, Thomas F. Farrell, II, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

Walter H. Emroch, Richmond (William B. Kilduff, Walter H. Emroch & Associates, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

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


ALBERTIS S. HARRISON, Jr., Retired Justice.

Robert C. Fulgham, Jr., recovered a judgment for $150,000 against Exxon Corporation for personal injuries he sustained in an automobile accident that occurred on July 6, 1977, as a result of the alleged negligence of an Exxon employee. We granted Exxon an appeal limited to a review of the action of the trial court in instructing the jury that it could award damages for any lessening of Fulgham's future earning capacity,...

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