DePRIEST v. PEARSON

Record Nos. 881089, 881108.

387 S.E.2d 480 (1990)

Mary L. DePRIEST v. Wayne Preston PEARSON. Martha C. ARMSTEAD v. Wayne Preston PEARSON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodson T. Drumheller, Richmond, for appellant.

Rhysa Griffith South, Asst. County Atty. (Joseph P. Rapisarda, Jr., County Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, WHITING and LACY, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


WHITING, Justice.

The dispositive issue in these two consolidated cases is whether a bus used by a county recreation department to transport passengers on a recreational trip is a "recreational facility" within the meaning of Code § 15.1-291. This statute provides:

No city or town which shall operate any bathing beach, swimming pool, park, playground or other recreational facility shall be liable in any civil action or proceeding for damages resulting...

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