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CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH v. FLIPPEN

Record No. 950916.

467 S.E.2d 471 (1996)

CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH v. Edward L. FLIPPEN.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Steven Emmert, Assistant City Attorney, for appellant.

James C. Lewis, Virginia Beach (Rabinowitz, Rafal, Swartz, Taliaferro & Gilbert, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

KOONTZ, Justice.

In this tort action against a municipality, we consider whether, absent gross negligence, the municipality is immune from liability for personal injuries suffered by a permissive user on privately owned recreational property for which the municipality had limited responsibility.

Appellee Edward L. Flippen (Flippen) owned a vacation beach home in the Sandbridge area of the City of Virginia Beach (the City). Although the oceanfront and beach...

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