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NORFOLK AND WESTERN RY. CO. v. WILLIAMS

Record No. 890450.

389 S.E.2d 714 (1990)

NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. Nickolas C. WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Prince, Joan F. Martin (Williams, Worrell, Kelly, Greer & Frank, Norfolk, on briefs), for appellant.

Raymond H. Strople (Willard J. Moody, Sr., Moody, Strople & Kloeppel, Portsmouth, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

LACY, Justice.

Nickolas C. Williams was employed by Norfolk and Western Railroad (N & W) as a clerk in the Caller's Office in Roanoke, Virginia. On April 7, 1984, the chair in which Williams was working fell backwards. Subsequently Williams filed an action in the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth against N & W under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (1982), for injuries allegedly resulting from his fall from the...

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