Virginia's Judicial System


Appeals Granted


Case

GLORIA PATTEN v. MICHAEL KURTZ, JR.
(Record Number 130434)

From

The Circuit Court of the City of Fredericksburg; G. Willis, Judge.

Counsel

L. Steven Emmert (Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy, P.C.), Edward L. Allen and Christopher J. Toepp (Allen, Allen, Allen and Allen) for appellant.

John D. Eure (Johnson, Ayers & Matthews, P.L.C.) and Tracy Ann Houck (Parrish, Houck & Snead, PLC) for appellee.

Assignment of Error

  1. The trial court erroneously refused to strike the defense of contributory negligence, and erroneously instructed the jury on that doctrine.

Date Granted

  6-7-2013