Prendergast v. Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority

This appeal concerns the issues of immunity from tort liability and the statute of limitations applicable to a claim of inverse condemnation. John J. Prendergast and his partner, Gordon P. Peyton (hereinafter collectively referred to as Prendergast), own a building located in Alexandria known as the Law Building. Their *192building is located near Carlyle House, a historic structure owned by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. Sometime prior to March 19, 1975, the Park Authority undertook the restoration of the 18th-century Carlyle House. This work involved, among other things,…