Cline v. DUNLORA SOUTH, LLC
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the Court
726 S.E.2d 14 (2012)
284 Va. 102
Matthew W. CLINE
v.
DUNLORA SOUTH, LLC.
Record No. 110650.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
June 7, 2012.
M. Bryan Slaughter (J. Gregory Webb; E. Kyle McNew; MichieHamlett, on briefs), for appellant.
Terry Lynn for appellee.
Present: All the Justices.
Opinion by Justice S. BERNARD GOODWYN.
In this appeal, we consider whether the common law tort principles of this Commonwealth allow for the recovery of personal injury damages sustained due to a tree falling from private land onto a vehicle traveling on a public highway.
Background
On February 12, 2010, Matthew W. Cline (Cline)…
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