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COMBS v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RY. CO.

Record No. 980024.

507 S.E.2d 355 (1998)

Bobby Ray COMBS v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Richard Cranwell (H. Keith Moore; Cranwell, Moore & Bullington, on briefs), Roanoke, for appellant.

William B. Poff (Frank K. Friedman; Leslie E. Hagie; Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, on brief), Roanoke, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

KEENAN, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider two issues raised in an action brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (the FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60. First, we address whether the trial court abused its discretion in allowing a biomechanical engineer to state an expert opinion regarding the cause of the plaintiff's injury. Second, we consider whether the trial court erred in allowing the defendant to present evidence of safer work methods the plaintiff...

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