Langston v. American Red Cross

By JUDGE THOMAS S. SHADRICK

This cause came to be heard upon plaintiff’s motion for entry of an order overruling the plea of charitable immunity by the defendant, American Red Cross. Evidence was heard ore tenus.

The plaintiff claims that she sustained personal injuries while attending a CPR class at the defendant’s facility located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She alleges that she slipped and fell on ice that the defendant negligently allowed to remain on its premises.

The evidence revealed that the American Red Cross was granted a charter by the United States Congress in 1864. On February 12,…