PAYNE v. CARROLL

Record No. 941600.

461 S.E.2d 837 (1995)

Janet L. PAYNE v. Troy Drew CARROLL.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan F. Pierce, Warrenton (Walker, Jones, Lawrence, Payne & Duggan, on brief), for appellant.

Steven W. Bancroft, Fairfax (Melissa S. Hogue; Trichilo, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, LACY, HASSELL and KEENAN, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.


POFF, Senior Justice.

In this plaintiff's appeal from a judgment entered in a tort action, we consider whether the credibility of a party-witness in a civil case may be impeached by disclosure of the name and nature of a felony conviction.

The plaintiff, Janet L. Payne, a passenger in a pick-up truck driven by Paxton Payne, her husband, was injured in a collision between the truck and a vehicle operated by Troy Carroll. The collision occurred at night in the...

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