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NORFOLK AND WESTERN RY. CO. v. HUGHES

Record No. 930208.

439 S.E.2d 411 (1994)

NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. Bobby Joe HUGHES.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Eure, Roanoke (James F. Johnson, Johnson, Ayers & Matthews, on briefs), for appellant.

Frank D. Lawrence, III, Virginia Beach (Eddie W. Wilson, Francis P. Hajek, Wilson & Hajek, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

HASSELL, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the evidence was sufficient to support a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff in an action filed under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (F.E.L.A.), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51 through 60.

Bobby Joe Hughes filed this action against his former employer, Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. The case was tried before a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of Hughes in the amount of $800,000. Norfolk...

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