NORFOLK BELT LINE R. CO. v. Wilson

OPINION BY Senior Justice CHARLES S. RUSSELL.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff for personal injuries covered by the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 51 through -60, as amended. The defendant assigns error to four of the trial court's rulings on the admissibility of evidence.

Facts and Proceedings

Under familiar principles of appellate review, we will state the facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, the prevailing party at trial. Little v. Cooke, 274 Va. 697 , 703, 652 S.E.2d 129 , 133 (2007). On August 11, 2003, John R. Wilson was employed as…