SOULEYRETTE v. Conaway

OPINION AND ORDER

JONES, District Judge.

In this tort ease under Virginia law, arising from a shooting accident, the plaintiff has filed a motion for partial summary judgment on the question of the defendant’s liability. Finding that there are no material issues of fact in dispute and that the evidence establishes as a matter of law that the defendant acted negligently in the use of his firearm, I will grant the motion for summary judgment.

I. Facts.

On November 10, 1995, Randy Souleyrette and Ronnie Lee Conaway engaged in shooting at paper plates set up as targets on Conaway’s property in…