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TATE v. RICE

Record No. 811821.

315 S.E.2d 385 (1984)

Erisman C. TATE v. Virginia W. RICE, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis C. Terwilliger, Pulaski, (Terwilliger & Woodhouse, Pulaski, on brief), for appellant.

G.P. Young, Wytheville (Campbell, Young & Hodges, Wytheville, on brief), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COTHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.

RUSSELL, Justice.

In this slip-and-fall case, we must determine whether the owner or occupier of a private residence owes a duty to remove natural accumulations of ice and snow from an entrance driveway, for the protection of an invitee.

Erisman C. Tate, a poultry farmer, made regular deliveries of fresh eggs to the home of Raymond and Virginia Rice, in the Town of Pulaski. It is stipulated that Tate was a business...

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