This page within Virginia Tort Case Law is a compilation of cases reported by the Virginia Supreme Court and summarized by Brien Roche dealing with the topic of Closing and Opening Statement Rebuttal and the related topic of personal injury.
1976 Bassett Furn. v. McReynolds, 216 Va. 897, 224 S.E.2d 323.Plaintiff’s counsel during closing made reference to plaintiff’s spinal cord being injured. On rebuttal, plaintiff then supplemented argument on damages. This was objected to in that damages had not been argued previously by plaintiff. Objection properly overruled. Trial court has broad discretion in supervising argument.
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