Legal Opinion
Isbell v. Commercial Inv. Associates, Inc.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 20, 2007No. Record 061000PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.
In this appeal, we consider the question whether the Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, Code §§ 55-248.2 through- 248.40 (the Act), creates a statutory cause of action allowing a tenant to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from his landlord's alleged noncompliance with duties imposed by the Act. We find that the General Assembly did not plainly manifest an intention to abrogate the common law rule that a landlord is not liable in tort for a tenant's personal injuries caused by the landlord's failure to repair premises under the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Blake Const. Co., Inc. v. AlleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Lemle v. BreedenHawaii Supreme Court · 1969
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