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NORFOLK AND WESTERN RY. CO. v. BAKER

Record No. 811279.

311 S.E.2d 766 (1984)

NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. Donald F. BAKER.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.C. Bowen, Jr., Tazewell (T.C. Bowen, Jr., P.C., Tazewell, on briefs), for appellant.

Carl E. McAfee, Norton (Cline, McAfee & Adkins, Norton, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMAS, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ.

COCHRAN, Justice.

Donald F. Baker brought this action against Norfolk and Western Railway Company (the Railway), to recover damages for injuries he sustained when a door on one of the Railway's boxcars fell on him as he was unloading flour consigned to his employer. A jury trial resulted in a verdict in favor of Baker in the sum of $118,000, on which the trial court entered judgment. On appeal, the Railway argues that the...

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