Legal Opinion
Wells v. Whitaker
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 28, 1966No. Record 6223PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtI’Anson, J.
Plaintiff, Joe C. Wells, filed a motion for judgment against the defendants, H. B. Whitaker and H. W. Whitaker, individually and t/a Whitaker-Atlas Supply Company; Atlas Powder Company (now Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc., hereinafter referred to as Atlas); Sol Miller; and Howard Adams, to recover for damages to his home resulting from an explosion occurring on December 27, 1961, at the Whitaker-Atlas plant, where ammonium nitrate was mixed with fuel oil to produce a blasting agent.
There was a jury trial, and at the conclusion of all the evidence the trial court sustained a motion to strike…
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