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COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC. v. MELENDEZ

Record No. 992957.

537 S.E.2d 580 (2000)

COOPER INDUSTRIES, INC., et al. v. Andres MELENDEZ.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Y. Pearson, Jr., Norfolk; John Charles Thomas, Richmond (Kevin L. Keller, Virginia Beach; Daniel T. Campbell, Norfolk; Willcox & Savage; Hunton & Williams, Richmond, on briefs), for appellants.

Bruce D. Rasmussen (Kevin W. Ryan; M. Bryan Slaughter; Michie, Hamlett, Lowry, Rasmussen & Tweel, on brief), Charlottesville, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

KINSER, Justice.

In this product liability case, we address issues concerning proximate causation, misuse of a product, the statute of repose, and a trial court's discretion to send a jury back for further deliberations when a juror expresses disagreement with the verdict during a poll of the jury. Because we find no error, we will affirm the judgment of the circuit court, which was in accordance with a jury verdict in favor of the injured plaintiff.

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