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WRIGHT v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RY. CO.

Record No. 921018.

427 S.E.2d 724 (1993)

Mattie B. WRIGHT, et al., etc. v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 26, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Phillips, Jr., Rustburg, S.J. Thompson, Jr., Lynchburg (Thomas L. Phillips, Rustburg, Joy Lee Price, Lynchburg, Phillips, Phillips, Phillips & Morrison, Rustburg, Caskie & Frost, Lynchburg, on briefs), for appellants.

John D. Eure, Roanoke (James F. Johnson, Joseph A. Matthews, Jr., Johnson, Ayers & Matthews, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices

COMPTON, Justice.

On May 12, 1988, Riley E. Wright was severely injured in a collision between the dump truck he was operating and a Norfolk and Western Railway Company train at a public crossing. Wright's guardians filed this negligence action against N & W seeking damages on behalf of their ward, a disabled person. A jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $4 million.

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