Tort – Tree Fall – Vehicle Damage – Personal Injury 
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Published: October 29, 2010
Tags: Albemarle County Circuit Court, Tort, Virginia Circuit Courts
A man who was injured when he was traveling on a state-owned road and a dead or rotting tree fell from the property line between VDOT and defendant property owner onto the man’s vehicle, cannot sue the defendant landowner for personal injury, says an Albemarle County Circuit Court; there is no Virginia case law that ...
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