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CARTER v. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY HEALTH COM'N

Record No. 991870.

527 S.E.2d 783 (2000)

Vance W. CARTER, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Vance W. Carter, Sr., Deceased v. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY HEALTH COMMISSION, d/b/a Lucy Corr Nursing Home.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Otero (William H. Shewmake; Malcolm P. McConnell, III; Mays & Valentine; Shewmake, Baronian & McConnell, on briefs), Richmond, for appellant.

S. Vernon Priddy, III (Frank B. Miller, III; Sands Anderson Marks & Miller, on brief), Richmond, for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, KOONTZ, and KINSER, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.

LACY, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court properly concluded that a county health commission was immune from tort liability because it was entitled to the status of a municipal corporation and was performing a governmental function in the operation of a nursing home.

Vance W. Carter, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Vance W. Carter, Sr., (the Administrator) filed a motion for judgment against the Chesterfield County Health Commission...

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