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VA. ELEC. & POWER CO. v. HAMPTON R. & HOUS. A.

Record Nos. 750893, 750894.

225 S.E.2d 364 (1976)

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY v. HAMPTON REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY. Terry D. VINSTON, an infant, etc. et al. v. HAMPTON REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 11, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas W. Davis, Richmond (R. Kenneth Wheeler, Richmond, Frederic L. Moschel, Hampton, Hunton, Williams, Gay & Gibson, Richmond, Cumming, Andrews, Watkins & Chase, Ltd., Hampton, on briefs), for plaintiff in error.

J. Warren Stephens, Newport News (W. Stephen Moore, Hampton, Stephens & Wentworth, Newport News, Moore & Hawkins, Hampton, on brief), for defendant in error.

James B. Sawyer, Jr., Hampton (Joseph Smith, Ltd., James, Richardson, James, Sawyer & Quinn, Hampton, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

CARRICO, Justice.

The question for decision in this case is whether a municipal housing authority, created pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law (Code §§ 36-1, et seq.), is immune from liability for negligence in the operation and maintenance of a housing project under its control.

In the court below, the question arose when the Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority interposed special pleas...

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