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Festival immune from personal injury claim

Because a Virginia statute immunizes a landowner if property is occupied for “recreational use” and the plaintiff benefitted from the charitable purpose of promoting the City of Suffolk, the court found the Suffolk Peanut Festival immune from plaintiff’s injury claim. Background Defendant Suffolk Festivals Inc. filed a plea in bar, arguing that it is entitled to immunity ...