· 11/4/1994
Holcombe v. NationsBanc Financial Services Corp.
Citations
- 450 S.E.2d 158
- 248 Va. 445
- 1994 Va. LEXIS 140
How courts have described this case
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- holding that evidence was sufficient to go to jury on whether the danger posed by the allegedly unsafe condition — the manner in which certain partitions were stored — was foreseeable even absent proof of why the partitions fell on the plaintiff
- holding that the defendant breached its duty of care and “created a hazardous condition on its premises” by storing large, bathroom partitions by leaning them against a bathroom wall, which fell on and injured an employee
- finding danger foreseeable where partitions were stored in a bathroom despite defendant’s branch manager’s knowledge that they might “topple”
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Judges: Carrico
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