Legal Opinion
Heider v. Clemons
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 11, 1991No. Record No. 900640PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
400 S.E.2d 190 (1991)
Ferdinand J. HEIDER
v.
Demetrick CLEMONS.
Record No. 900640.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
January 11, 1991.
Peter D. Andreoli, Jr., Sr. Asst. County Atty. (David T. Stitt, County Atty., Robert Lyndon Howell, Deputy County Atty., on briefs), for appellant.
Benjamin W. Glass, III, Arlington, for appellee.
Present: All the Justices.
LACY, Justice.
In this case we determine whether a sheriff is entitled to the defense of sovereign immunity when he is sued for damages incurred as a result of his operation of an automobile while serving judicial process.
Ferdinand J. Heider was a deputy…
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