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LITCHFORD v. HANCOCK

Record No. 840023.

352 S.E.2d 335 (1987)

Katherine H. LITCHFORD v. Dannie Rae HANCOCK.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kirstein (McRorie, Kirstein & McMahon, Lynchburg, on briefs), for appellant.

R. Edwin Burnette, Jr. (Edmunds & Williams, Lynchburg, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

The question in this appeal is whether the evidence of plaintiff's contributory negligence is sufficient to create a jury issue.

Katherine H. Litchford sued Dannie Rae Hancock to recover damages for personal injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle accident. In Litchford's motion for judgment, she alleged that Hancock's negligence proximately caused her injuries. Hancock denied the allegation and averred that even if he was negligent...

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