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INTERIM PERSONNEL OF CENT. VIRGINIA, INC. v. MESSER

Record Nos. 010796, 010799.

559 S.E.2d 652 (2002)

263 Va. 435

INTERIM PERSONNEL OF CENTRAL VIRGINIA, INC. v. Mildred Lynn MESSER, et al. Alumni Association Of The University Of Virginia, v. Mildred Lynn Messer.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 1, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Michael Barnett, Richmond (W.F. Drewry Gallalee; Williams, Mullen, Clark & Dobbins, on briefs), for appellant in Record No. 010796.

Matthew B. Murray, Charlottesville (Patricia P. Shields; Richmond and Fishburne, on brief), for appellee Mildred Lynn Messer in Record No. 010796.

John D. McGavin, Fairfax (Melissa Hogue Katz; Trichilo, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins, on brief), for appellee Alumni Association of the University of Virginia in Record No. 010796.

John D. McGavin, Fairfax (Melissa Hogue Katz; Trichilo, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins, on briefs), for appellant in Record No. 010799.

Matthew B. Murray, Charlottesville (Patricia P. Shields; Richmond and Fishburne, on brief), for appellee in Record No. 010799.

Present: LACY, KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, and LEMONS, JJ., and POFF and COMPTON, Senior Justices.

Opinion by Senior Justice A. CHRISTIAN COMPTON.

In these appeals arising from a single action alleging negligent hiring, the dispositive question is whether the trial court erred in ruling that foreseeability was a jury issue.

In November 1998, plaintiff Mildred Lynn Messer was injured when the vehicle she was operating near Charlottesville was struck from the rear. The collision was caused by defendant Ricky Edward East, who was intoxicated and was negligently...

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