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FOOD LION, INC. v. COX

Record No. 980828.

513 S.E.2d 860 (1999)

257 Va. 449

FOOD LION, INC. v. Linda COX.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim H. Guynn, Jr. (Guynn & Clemens, on briefs), Roanoke, for appellant.

Robert B. Hines, II, Jonesville, John C. Kilgore, Gate City (Montgomery, Hines & Fugate, Jonesville; Kilgore & Baker, Gate City, on brief), for appellee.

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

POFF, Senior Justice.

The dispositive issue raised in this appeal is whether a party in a civil action has a right to cross-examine witnesses called by another party as adverse witnesses.

The plaintiff, Linda Cox (Ms. Cox), filed a motion for judgment against the defendant, Food Lion, Inc. (Food Lion), alleging that she had been injured by the defendant's failure to maintain its store in a reasonably safe condition. At trial, she testified that she had slipped...

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