Southern States Cooperative, Inc. v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

This case is a companion to N.&W. Railway v. Chrisman, 219 Va. 184,247 S.E.2d 457 (1978), decided today. There, we affirmed a judgment for $115,000 in favor of Marvin E. Chrisman against Norfolk and Western Railway Company (hereinafter, N&W). The judgment in favor of Chrisman was for personal injuries he sustained as a result of N&W’s negligence while he was unloading a boxcar for his employer, Southern States Cooperative, Incorporated (hereinafter, Southern States).

While the Chrisman case was pending in the trial court, N&W filed in that proceeding a third-party motion for judgment against…