LOSTRANGIO v. LAINGFORD

Record No. 001203.

544 S.E.2d 357 (2001)

Marie F. LOSTRANGIO v. Valerie LAINGFORD, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Weisberg (Weisberg & Zaleski, on brief), Norfolk, for appellant.

Robert W. McFarland (Bryan K. Meals; William H. Baxter, II, Richmond; McGuire-Woods, on brief), for appellee Town of Cape Charles.

No brief or argument for appellees Valerie Laingford or Cape Charles Chamber of Commerce.

Present: All the Justices.


KOONTZ, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred in sustaining a plea in bar of sovereign immunity under Code § 15.2-1809 in a personal injury lawsuit filed against a locality.1

BACKGROUND

The case was submitted to the trial court on the pleadings. Under well settled principles, where no evidence is taken in support of a plea in bar, the trial court, and the appellate court upon review,...

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