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Torts Keyed to Franklin
Womack v. Eldridge
Citation:
215 Va. 338, 210 S.E.2d 145 (Va. 1974)Facts
Eldridge is a private investigator for attorneys. Seifert and his attorney hired Eldridge to get a photo of Womack to use in a sexual molestation case. To get the photo, Eldridge went to Womack’s house and posed as a news reporter writing an article on Skateland, where Womack worked as a coach.
Seifert and his attorney unsuccessfully used the photograph in the trial to help the young boys identify Womack as the man who molested them. The prosecutor asked to see the photograph and have additional information about Womack, which Eldridge supplied on the stand. Apparently, Womack was only targeted because he was at Skateland while Seifert was arrested, but the offenses charged did not occur at Skateland.
Thereafter, Womack was called multiple times as a witness for Seifert’s case, suffering great shock, distress, and nervousness because of Eldridge’s fraud and deceit and how his community might perceive him.
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