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MORRISON-KNUDSEN CO., INC. v. WINGATE

Record No. 961606.

492 S.E.2d 122 (1997)

MORRISON-KNUDSEN COMPANY, INC., et al. v. Alton Bruce WINGATE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 12, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Jeffrey Salb (Darlene P. Bradberry; Breeden; MacMillan & Green, on briefs), Norfolk, for appellants.

Robert L. Mills (Rutter & Montagna, on brief), Norfolk, for appellee.

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

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

In this slip-and-fall case, a jury awarded the plaintiff, Alton Bruce Wingate, a verdict for $300,000 against the defendants, Morrison-Knudsen Company, Inc. and Eugene W. Kelsey & Son, Inc., a joint venture operating under the name of Kelsey & Associates. The trial court entered judgment on the verdict, and we awarded the defendants an appeal.

The plaintiff was injured when he slipped and fell on an outside stairway at Building...

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