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KORMAN v. CARPENTER

Record No. 740854.

216 S.E.2d 195 (1975)

216 Va. 86

James W. KORMAN, Administrator, etc. v. Arthur J. CARPENTER, Jr., Committee, etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 13, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Korman, Kinney, Smith & Bitner, Arlington, for plaintiff in error.

Aubrey M. Daniel, III, Francis X. Grossi, Jr., Williams, Connolly & Califano, Washington, D. C., Earl C. Dudley, Jr., Williams, Connolly & Califano, Arlington, for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

HARRISON, Justice.

In Surratt, Adm'r v. Thompson, 212 Va. 191, 183 S.E.2d 200 (1971), we held that in automobile accident litigation the immunity enjoyed by one spouse from personal injury or death actions initiated by the other should be abrogated. Here we are asked to eliminate the interspousal immunity doctrine in its entirety; or alternatively, to hold that an action may be maintained...

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