MORGEN INDUSTRIES, INC. v. VAUGHAN

Record No. 951619.

471 S.E.2d 489 (1996)

252 Va. 60

MORGEN INDUSTRIES, INC. v. Delores VAUGHAN.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Howell (Willcox & Savage, on briefs), Norfolk, for appellant.

Michael J. Gardner, Virginia Beach (Stephen C. Swain, S. Geoffrey Glick, Virginia Beach, John S. Joannou, Portsmouth, Clark & Stant, Virginia Beach, Joannou, Knowles & Clark, Portsmouth, on brief), for appellee.

Virinia Trial Lawyers Ass'n (Benjamin W. Glass, III, Fairfax, Bernard S. Cohen, Alexandria, on brief), amicus curiae, in support of appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


KEENAN, Justice.

In this appeal of a judgment entered in a products liability action, we consider whether there is sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict.

We review the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, the prevailing party below. Besser Co. v. Hansen, 243 Va. 267, 269, 415 S.E.2d 138, 139 (1992). Delores Marie Vaughan was injured on the job when her leg was trapped by the undercarriage...

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