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PATTEN v. COM.

Record No. 002865.

553 S.E.2d 517 (2001)

262 Va. 654

Thomas Edward PATTEN, III, Administrator of the Estate of Maura K. Patten, v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Bricker (Michael N. Herring; Bricker & Herring, on briefs), Richmond, for appellant.

Randall T. Perdue (C.J. Steuart Thomas, III; Timberlake, Smith, Thomas & Moses, on brief), Staunton, for appellee.

Present All the Justices.

Opinion by Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.

In this appeal, we consider an issue of sovereign immunity arising from the trial court's dismissal of a wrongful death action under an exception in the Virginia Tort Claims Act, Code §§ 8.01-195.1 through — 195.9 (the Act).

Thomas E. Patten, III, administrator of the estate of Maura K. Patten (the decedent), filed a motion for judgment against the Commonwealth and certain of its employees alleging...

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