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· 9/8/1967

Wright v. Tate

Citations

  • 208 Va. 291
  • 156 S.E.2d 562
  • 1967 Va. LEXIS 215

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • adopting the Restatement approach and holding that a plaintiff with some diminished mental capacity should be held to the reasonable person standard
  • adopting the Restatement approach and holding that a plain tiff with some diminished mental capacity should be held to the reasonable person standard
  • “Appellee says that the trial court stated the issue to be ‘whether or not the plaintiff’s decedent was so devoid of intelligence as to be unable to apprehend apparent danger and avoid exposure to it.’ If this were true, Appellant would not complain.”

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Judges: Snead

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