Frederick County School Board v. Hannah

I

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in denying a school board’s motion to reduce the plaintiffs’ ad damnum clause to $50,000, the limit on liability the school board alleged was set by Code § 22.1-194. For the reasons that follow, we will affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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John Hams Hannah, Jr. (“Hannah”), a minor who sues by his mother and next friend, Barbara Foster, now Barbara Ruffner (“Ruffner”), and Ruffner, individually (collectively, “the Plaintiffs”), instituted an action against the Frederick County School Board (“the School Board”), seeking…