Coutlakis v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

PRESENT: All the Justices GINA COUTLAKIS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF JAMES COUTLAKIS, DECEASED, AND EXECUTOR OF HIS ESTATE, OPINION BY v. Record No. 160277 JUSTICE CLEO E. POWELL March 9, 2017 CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., ET AL. FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Theodore J. Markow, Judge Designate Gina Coutlakis (“Gina”) appeals the judgment of the trial court sustaining a demurrer on the basis that her action was barred because her husband, James Coutlakis (“James”), was contributorily negligent. I. BACKGROUND As the present case was decided on demurrer, “we recite the facts…