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CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TEL. CO. v. DOWDY

Record No. 850005.

365 S.E.2d 751 (1988)

The CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY OF VIRGINIA, et al. v. H. Lee DOWDY, Jr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Palmer S. Rutherford, Jr. (James C. Howell; Willcox & Savage, P.C., Norfolk, on briefs), for appellants.

Carter B.S. Furr (Jett, Agelasto, Berkley, Furr & Price, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Present: POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, THOMAS and WHITING, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

This is the appeal of a damage suit in which the plaintiff seeks recovery for mental suffering and associated physical illness. The dispositive question is whether the common law of Virginia recognizes a tort of negligent supervision of an employee by the employer and its managerial personnel.

In 1983, appellee H. Lee Dowdy, Jr., brought this action against the appellants The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia, Leslye...

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