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WHITAKER v. HEINRICH SCHEPERS GMBH & CO. KG

Record No. 071197.

661 S.E.2d 828 (2008)

Sherman WHITAKER v. HEINRICH SCHEPERS GMBH & CO. KG.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 6, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Breit (Joynes & Gaides Law Group, on briefs), for appellant.

Edward J. Powers (Vandeventer Black, on brief), Norfolk, for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, and GOODWYN, JJ., and LACY, S.J.

OPINION BY Senior Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.

In this appeal we consider whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the plaintiff's motion to amend his ad damnum clause.

FACTS and PROCEEDINGS

On August 14, 2002, Sherman E. Whitaker was injured while working as a longshoreman on a boat docked in Portsmouth, Virginia and owned by Heinrich Schepers GMBH & Co. KG, a German corporation (Heinrich). On January 30, 2004, Whitaker filed a...

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