Legal Opinion
Freeman v. City of Norfolk
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 6, 1980No. Record 780482PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The question in this case is whether the alleged negligent acts of omission and commission by the City of Norfolk involved the exercise by it of discretionary governmental functions.
James Clifton Hall was a guest in an automobile driven by Charles W. Swift, Jr., which, at approximately 3 a.m. on April 20, 1975, while being driven in a northerly direction on Mayflower Drive, failed to negotiate a sharp curve to the east and plunged into the Lafayette River. All the occupants of the car were killed. The personal representative of Hall filed a motion for judgment against the City and Swift’s…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- City of Norfolk v. HallSupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
- Transportation, Inc. v. City of Falls ChurchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
- Jones v. City of WilliamsburgSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Board of Public Works v. GanntSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
- Franklin v. Town of RichlandsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
3Cited by45 opinions
- McKethean v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- City of Chesapeake v. CunninghamSupreme Court of Virginia · 2004
- Taylor v. City of CharlottesvilleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
- Bowers v. COM., DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS & TRANSP.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1983
- Maddox v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 2004
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