FREEMAN v. CITY OF NORFOLK

Record No. 780482.

266 S.E.2d 885 (1980)

Eva M. FREEMAN, Administratrix of the Estate of James Clifton Hall, Deceased v. The CITY OF NORFOLK, Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Israel Steingold, Steingold & Steingold, Richmond, on brief, for appellant.

Harold P. Juren, Deputy City Atty. (Philip A. Trapani, City Atty., on brief), for appellee.

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


HARRISON, Justice.

The question in this case is whether the alleged negligent acts of omission and commission by the City of Norfolk involved the exercise by it of discretionary governmental functions.

James Clifton Hall was a guest in an automobile driven by Charles W. Swift, Jr., which, at approximately 3 a. m. on April 20, 1975, while being driven in a northerly direction on Mayflower Drive, failed to negotiate a sharp curve to the east and plunged into...

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