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FARISH v. COURION INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 82-1964.

722 F.2d 74 (1983)

Dorothy M. FARISH, Guardian for Shirley F. Farish, Appellant, v. COURION INDUSTRIES, INC. and Otis Elevator Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Peatross, Jr., Charlottesville, Va. (Carter & Peatross, Charlottesville, Va., on brief), for appellant.

G. Kenneth Miller, Richmond, Va. (May, Miller & Parsons, Richmond, Va., on brief), and Frank N. Cowan, Richmond, Va. (Deborah S. O'Toole, Cowan, Owen & Nance, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before SPROUSE and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

Dorothy M. Farish, wife and guardian of Shirley F. Farish, appeals the dismissal of her claim against Courion Industries, Inc. (Courion), and the grant of summary judgment in favor of Otis Elevator Company (Otis) in this diversity action for personal injury damages. The principal question presented by the district court's dismissal of the claim against Courion is whether the Virginia statute abolishing...

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