HAMPTON ROADS SANITATION DIST. v. McDONNELL

Record No. 841240.

360 S.E.2d 841 (1987)

HAMPTON ROADS SANITATION DISTRICT v. Jerry F. McDONNELL.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Lawler (Kellam, Pickrell & Lawler, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant.

Walter B. Martin, Jr. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

This appeal presents questions relating to sovereign immunity, limitation of action, and sufficiency of the evidence to establish trespass and damages.

Jerry F. McDonnell sued Hampton Roads Sanitation District (Hampton Roads) in an action at law to recover a money judgment for damage to his land caused by Hampton Roads. In his motion for judgment, McDonnell alleged that Hampton Roads had discharged sewage and other pollutants onto his...

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