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· 1/8/1999

Holles v. Sunrise Terrace, Inc.

Citations

  • 509 S.E.2d 494
  • 257 Va. 131
  • 1999 Va. LEXIS 6

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that failure to proffer the anticipated testimony of a purported expert nurse was fatal to claim on appeal
  • stating that to establish a cause of action for negligence, “the duty alleged to have been tortiously breached must be a common law duty,” not solely a contractual duty
  • affirming the dismissal of a negligence claim when the defendant did not owe a duty to the plaintiff outside its contract
  • “[T]here generally is no special relationship between a landlord and a tenant . . . .”

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Judges: Keenan

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