LUCAS v. WOODY

Record No. 131064.

756 S.E.2d 447 (2014)

Sunday LUCAS v. C.T. WOODY, Jr., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary R. Hershner , for appellant.

Mark R. Colombell ( ThompsonMcMullan , on brief), for appellees C.T. Woody, Jr., Menyon Graham, Laura Terry, Anneika Brown, Carolyn Quigley, Robert Cushionberry and Yuvonka Lewis.

( Brewster S. Rawls ; Alexandra D. Essig ; Rawls, McNelis & Mitchell, on brief), for appellee Stanley N. Furman, M.D.

( Lynne Jones Blain ; Lisa H. Leiner ; Harman, Claytor , Corrigan & Wellman, on brief), for appellees Robert Ford and Darryl Hack.

PRESENT: All the Justices.


Opinion by Justice S. BERNARD GOODWYN.

In this appeal, we consider whether a plaintiff who brings a personal injury action relating to the conditions of her confinement in a state or local correctional facility must be incarcerated at the time her cause of action is filed in order for the statute of limitations in Code § 8.01-243.2 to be applicable to that action.

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