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FULTZ v. DELHAIZE AMERICA, INC.

Record No. 080782.

677 S.E.2d 272 (2009)

Doris Knight FULTZ v. DELHAIZE AMERICA, INC., d/b/a Food Lion, Inc., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Bryan Slaughter (Michie Hamlett Lowry Rasmussen & Tweel, on briefs), Charlottesville, for appellant.

Warren H. Britt; Jonathan P. Jester (Randall C. Lenhart, Jr., on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.

Doris Knight Fultz, a customer at a Food Lion grocery store, injured herself when she tripped over a metal bar attached to the floor and extending along the side and to the front of an automated teller machine ("ATM") located inside the grocery store. The sole issue we consider in this appeal is whether Fultz was contributorily negligent as a matter of law. Specifically, we consider whether the circuit court erred in determining...

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