Legal Opinion
Kondaurov v. Kerdasha
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 21, 2006No. Record 042077PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES S. RUSSELL, Senior Justice.
In this appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in a personal injury case, the dispositive question is whether the jury was permitted to consider non-recoverable elements in awarding damages for emotional distress.
Facts
The facts will be stated in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, the prevailing party at trial. On November 16, 1998, Eve I.
Kerdasha, the plaintiff, was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee on Route 110 in Arlington County. She was following a car driven by her boyfriend, David Postlewaite. Behind the plaintiff was a large tour bus belonging…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Campbell v. ANIMAL QUARANTINE STATION, ETC.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1981
- La Porte v. Associated Independents, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1964
- Gill v. BrownIdaho Court of Appeals · 1985
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