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ALLEN & ROCKS, INC. v. DOWELL

Record No. 952208.

477 S.E.2d 741 (1996)

252 Va. 439

ALLEN & ROCKS, INC., et al. v. James F. DOWELL.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grayson P. Hanes, Falls Church (George E. Kostel; Hazel & Thomas, on briefs), for appellants.

Clark R. Silcox, Washington, DC (Matthew Pavuk; Steele, Silcox & Browning; Johnson & Pavuk, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, HASSELL, KEENAN and KOONTZ, JJ., and WHITING, Senior Justice.

WHITING, Senior Justice.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether an action under the insulting words statute, Code § 8.01-45,1 may be maintained absent proof that the insulting words were such as to "tend to violence and breach of the peace." Since the plaintiff prevailed before the jury, we view the facts and reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to him.

James F. Dowell, age 59, a...

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