Legal Opinion
Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Tolson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 9, 1961No. Record 5287PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This involves an action for personal injuries received by Mrs. Tolson as the result of a fall on Wednesday, February 5, 1958, while shopping in the Safeway Stores self-service market in the town of Manassas. The case was tried before a jury and a verdict of $10,000 was returned in favor of Mrs. Tolson. Judgment was entered thereon over the objection of Safeway Stores.
The assignments of error charge (1) that the court erred in denying the motion of Safeway to strike the plaintiff’s evidence at the conclusion of her evidence and at the conclusion of all the evidence; (2) that the court erred in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- J.C. Penny Co. v. RobinsonOhio Supreme Court · 1934
- Norton v. HudnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- McGuire v. Valley Arena Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Williamsburg Shop, Inc. v. WeeksSupreme Court of Virginia · 1959
- H. L. Green Company, Inc., Trading and Doing Business as Silver's v. Christine BowenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Miracle Mart, Inc. v. WebbSupreme Court of Virginia · 1964
- Jessie L. Thomason v. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. v. RosenbergerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
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