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CSX TRANSP., INC. v. CASALE

Record No. 930275.

441 S.E.2d 212 (1994)

CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. v. Patrick W. CASALE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 25, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Oakey, Jr., Richmond (James L. Sanderlin, Scott C. Oostdyk, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, on briefs), for appellant.

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

Present: All the Justices.

COMPTON, Justice.

In February 1990, plaintiff Patrick W. Casale was working for his employer, defendant CSX Transportation, Inc., as a communications maintainer repairing telephone wires that crossed the Roanoke River near Weldon, North Carolina. While the plaintiff was at the top of a 60-foot pole helping to secure broken wires, a boat navigating the river unexpectedly snagged two wires hanging just above the water. This caused the pole to whip, injuring the plaintiff...

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