Stanfield v. Peregoy

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in ruling that a city employee, operating a city truck and spreading salt during a snowstorm», is protected by the doctrine of sovereign immunity from a negligence action arising from a collision between the truck and another vehicle.

Appellants Ronald Stanfield, a minor, and Sharon Stanfield, his mother, jointly sued the City of Alexandria and appellee Tracy Delmar Peregoy seeking recovery in damages. According to plaintiffs’ allegations, they were injured while riding on a bus that collided with a city-owned truck negligently…