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MILES v. CITY OF RICHMOND

Record No. 860953.

373 S.E.2d 715 (1988)

Mary F. MILES v. CITY OF RICHMOND.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Shewmake (J. Thomas McGrath, Thomas F. Coates, III, Coates & Davenport, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Reginald M. Barley, Richmond, for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ., and GORDON, Retired Justice.

COMPTON, Justice.

The narrow question in this personal injury action is whether the notice to a city of municipal negligence was furnished by the claimant's "agent" or "representative," within the meaning of Code § 8.01-222.

As pertinent here, the statute provides: "No action shall be maintained against any city ... for injury to any person ... alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the city ... unless a written statement...

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