Heinrich Schepers GmbH & Co. v. Whitaker

702 S.E.2d 573 (2010)

HEINRICH SCHEPERS GMBH & CO., KG

v.

Sherman WHITAKER.

Record No. 091840.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 4, 2010.

Edward J. Powers (F. Nash Bilisoly; Anne G. Bibeau; Vandeventer Black, on briefs), Norfolk, for appellant.

William D. Breit, for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Rebecca H. Royals, Richmond; Gobind S. Sethi, Reston; Butler Williams & Skilling; Hall, Sickels, Frei & Mims, on brief), in support of appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Chief Justice LEROY ROUNTREE HASSELL, SR.

I

In this appeal we consider whether a plaintiff, who had…