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BAKER v. TAYLOR

Record No. 820708.

326 S.E.2d 669 (1985)

George Wesley BAKER, Administrator, etc. v. Frank Burnley TAYLOR, Jr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald F. Daltan, Fredericksburg (Susan S. Williams; Scaife & Daltan, Fredericksburg, on brief), for appellant.

Russell H. Roberts, Fredericksburg (Roberts & Ashby, Fredericksburg, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

The question for decision in this wrongful death case is whether the trial court erred in excluding evidence of the defendant's consumption of alcohol prior to the motor vehicle accident in which the death occurred. Finding that the exclusion was error, we reverse.

The question arose during the jury trial of a wrongful death action brought by George Wesley Baker, Administrator of the Estate of George Wesley Baker, II, deceased (Baker...

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