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ISBELL v. COMMERCIAL INV. ASSOCIATES, INC.

Record No. 061000.

644 S.E.2d 72 (2007)

Roscoe H. ISBELL v. COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger T. Creager (Bridget N. Long, Marks & Harrison, on briefs), Richmond, for appellant.

Jeremy D. Capps (Stanley P. Wellman, Harmon, Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman, on brief), Richmond, for appellee.

The Virginia Trial Lawyers Ass'n (Nathan J.D. Veldhuis, Tremblay & Smith, on briefs), Charlottesville, amicus curiae, in support of appellant.

The Virginia Ass'n of Defense Attys. (Guy M. Harbert, III, Monica Taylor Monday, Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, on brief), Roanoke, amicus curiae, in support of appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In this appeal, we consider the question whether the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Code §§ 55-248.2 through— 248.40 (the Act), creates a statutory cause of action allowing a tenant to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from his landlord's alleged noncompliance with duties imposed by the Act. We find that the General Assembly did not plainly...

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