STRALEY v. URBANNA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Record No. 910450.

413 S.E.2d 47 (1992)

Evelyn H. STRALEY v. URBANNA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Albiston, Norfolk (Virginia K. Shema, Breit, Drescher & Breit, on brief), for appellant.

Michelle ReDavid Rack, Norfolk (George J. Dancigers, Heilig, McKenry, Fraim and Lollar, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

The dispositive question in this personal injury action is whether the plaintiff, at the time of her injury, was a beneficiary of the activities of the defendant charitable organization so as to bar her action under the doctrine of charitable immunity.

Appellant Evelyn H. Straley alleges she was negligently injured on November 7, 1987 while a spectator at a parade conducted as a part of the Urbanna Oyster Festival in the...

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