Appeals Granted

Case

JOHN CRANE INC. v. ANNE M. BRISTOW, ADMINISTRATRIX, ETC.
(Record Number 120947)

From

The Circuit Court of the City of Newport News; D. Pugh, Judge.

Counsel

Eric G. Reeves, Brian J. Schneider and C. Stinson Mundy (Moran Reeves & Conn PC); Michael Pollard and Michael McCutcheon (Baker & McKenzie LLP); and Thomas J. Burns (O'Connell, Tivin, Miller & Burns) for appellant.

W.C. Harty, Robert R. Hatten, Donald N. Patten, Hugh B. McCormick, III, Erin E. Jewell, and F. Alex Coletrane (Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, L.C.) for appellee.

Assignments of Error

4. The trial court committed reversible error in permitting the implied warranty claim to be tried under a "substantial contributing factor" theory of causation, instead of Virginia's well-established "but for" standard for causation.

Date Granted

  4-16-2013