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· 10/8/1998

Charles Reid, a Minor, by Lindell Reid, His Father and Next Friend v. Norfolk & Western Railway Company, a Virginia Company

Citations

  • 157 F.3d 1106
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 24895
  • 1998 WL 699719

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Judges: Cummings, Coffey, Manion

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