CITY OF ALEXANDRIA v. J-W ENTERPRISES, INC.

Record No. 090659.

691 S.E.2d 769 (2010)

CITY OF ALEXANDRIA v. J-W ENTERPRISES, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Malone (Leonard W. Dooren; Bernard J. DiMuro, Alexandria; Malone & Associates; DiMuro Ginsberg, Alexandria, on briefs), for appellant.

Robert G. Harrington (Harrington & Associates, on brief), Richmond, for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KEENAN, KOONTZ, LEMONS, GOODWYN, and MILLETTE, JJ., and LACY, S.J.


OPINION BY Senior Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.

This appeal in a contribution action arises from an incident involving the pursuit of a group of restaurant patrons who left the restaurant without paying their check. The pursuit by an off-duty police officer who had been hired by the restaurant to provide a law enforcement presence resulted in the tragic shooting death of one of the patrons. The issue we decide on appeal is whether the trial court erred in holding that...

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