GRIM v. RAHE, INC.

Record No. 921630.

434 S.E.2d 888 (1993)

Cody Allen GRIM, an Infant, etc., et al. v. RAHE, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 17, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian J. Griffin, for appellants.

M. Bruce Wallinger (Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


WHITING, Justice.

In this appeal dealing with premises liability, we consider two issues: first, whether a 120-volt light receptacle is a dangerous instrumentality; second, whether the plaintiff's evidence was sufficient to make out a prima facie case of a property owner's knowledge of a broken 120-volt light receptacle.

Cody Allen Grim, then four years old, sustained an electrical burn to the palm of his hand when he touched a broken fluorescent light...

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