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FORD MOTOR CO. v. PHELPS

Record No. 890194.

389 S.E.2d 454 (1990)

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. Billie PHELPS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Thomas (Allan S. Reynolds, Sr., Reynolds, Smith & Winters, Norfolk, on briefs), for appellant.

J. Riley Johnson, Jr. (John F. Rixey, Williams S. Sands, Jr., Rixey and Rixey, White, Johnson & Lawrence, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, WHITING, and LACY, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.

COMPTON, Justice.

In this products liability case involving a defective automobile, we consider whether the trial court erroneously admitted without limitation certain documents in evidence under the modern Shopbook Rule.

In June 1981, appellee Billie Phelps' employer purchased for her use from a Newport News automobile dealer a new 1981 Granada four-door sedan, manufactured by appellant Ford Motor Company. During the next one and one-half years, Phelps experienced...

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