Legal Opinion
Ogunde v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 21, 2006No. Record 050212PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COMPTON, Senior Justice.
The dispositive question in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in ruling that an action filed by a prisoner under the Virginia Tort Claims Act (the Act), Code §§ 8.01-195.1 to -195.9, is governed by the statute of limitations applicable to persons confined in state correctional facilities, as set forth in Code § 8.01-243.2, and not by the statute of limitations prescribed by Code § 8.01-195.7 for actions brought under the Act.
Plaintiff Oludare Ogunde is an inmate incarcerated at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. In August 2004, he filed this…
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