MEAGHER v. JOHNSON

Record No. 890102.

389 S.E.2d 310 (1990)

Mark Patrick MEAGHER v. James P. JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly P. Sisk (Barrett E. Pope, Mezzullo, McCandlish & Framme, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

William B. Kilduff, Heathsville, for appellee.

Present All the Justices.


LACY, Justice.

James P. Johnson sued Mark Patrick Meagher alleging that he was injured as a result of Meagher's negligence. The jury returned a verdict for Johnson, and Meagher appeals. Although Meagher assigns error to the trial court's action in granting certain instructions, in refusing to rule as a matter of law that Johnson was contributorially negligent, and in entering judgment on an excessive verdict, the dispositive issue on appeal is whether the evidence...

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