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PEARSON v. CANADA CONTRACTING CO., INC.

Record Nos. 830982, 840521.

349 S.E.2d 106 (1986)

Cecil W. PEARSON v. CANADA CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC., et al. JAC BOODEN ORTHOPEDIC SUPPLY COMPANY, INC. v. Richard M. JONES.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Metcalf (Parker, Pollard & Brown, P.C., Richmond, on brief), for appellant No. 830982.

Frank B. Miller, III (Roger L. Williams, Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, Richmond, on brief), for appellee Canada Contracting Co., Inc.

No brief or argument for appellee C.S. Lewis.

James H. Flippen, III (Andrew C. Mitchell, Jr., Breeden, MacMillan & Green, Norfolk, Cullen, Clark, Insley & Hanson, Salisbury, Md., on briefs), for appellant No. 840521.

William D. Breit (Breit, Rutter & Montagna, on brief), for appellee No. 840521.

Present: All the Justices.

COCHRAN, Justice.

These two appeals present one dispositive question: what duty of care is owed by an owner or occupier of land to a fireman or policeman injured when he comes on the premises in the performance of his official duties?

I.

On June 25, 1979, about 9:30 p.m., Cecil W. Pearson, employed as a fireman by the City of Richmond, responded to a reported fire in a building on Brown's Island in Richmond. He was injured when he fell to the basement...

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