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GARNOT v. JOHNSON

Record No. 890019.

387 S.E.2d 473 (1990)

Michael B. GARNOT v. David Scott JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Scott Pugh, Spotsylvania (John P. Harris, III, William H. Harris, Harris & Harris, Fredericksburg, on brief), for appellant.

John A. Sutherland, Jr. (Siciliano, Ellis, Dyer & Boccarosse, Fairfax, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, WHITING and LACY, JJ, and HARRISON, Retired Justice.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

In this appeal in a motor vehicle collision case, we determine whether the trial court erred (1) in refusing to instruct the jury on an operator's duty not to follow a motor vehicle more closely than is reasonable under the circumstances and (2) in granting a jury instruction on "sudden emergency."

Michael B. Garnot sued David Scott Johnson to recover damages for personal injuries Garnot sustained when the automobile she was operating...

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