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 Falls Alternate Routes and the related topic of premises liability. For more information on premises liability see the pages on Wikipedia.
Falls Alternate Routes-Cases
1975 Rouse v. Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., 216 Va. 293, 217 S.E.2d 891.
Plaintiff walked along beaten path through field covered with brush and grass. Defendant had put a chain across a branch of path. Plaintiff chose to walk along that branch. Contributory negligence as matter of law.
