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LANE v. SCOTT

Record No. 780278.

260 S.E.2d 238 (1979)

Thomas LANE v. Sarah E. SCOTT, Administratrix of the Estate of Eugene Scott, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay T. Swett, Charlottesville (McGuire, Woods & Battle, Charlottesville, on briefs), for appellant.

S. W. Tucker, Richmond (Hill, Tucker & Marsh, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

POFF, Justice.

The dispositive issue on this appeal is whether, as a matter of the law of the case, appellant Thomas Lane was a joint tort-feasor liable in damages for the wrongful death of Eugene Scott.

The motion for judgment was filed by the decedent's mother, administratrix of his estate, against Lane and Carl E. Colvin, Jr.* After both parties had rested, the trial court found that "[t]here isn't too much dispute in the direct...

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