Gambrell v. CITY OF NORFOLD

This appeal is from a judgment in favor of a defendant municipal corporation in a personal injury action involving a “slip and fall” accident on snow and ice in a city-owned parking lot. The dispositive issue is whether the circuit court erred in sustaining the defendant’s plea of sovereign immunity. We consider whether, at the time of the plaintiff’s fall, the municipality was exercising a “governmental function” during snow removal operations after a snowstorm and, therefore, was immune from liability for the plaintiff’s injuries.

The following facts are relevant to this appeal. Daniell E.…