Case ID: va-cir_14/html/0098-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "By JUDGE DONALD H. KENT", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

CIRCUIT COURT OF ARLINGTON COUNTY
    Dawson v. Zeralious
    August 30, 1988
    Case No. (Law) 87-1026
   By JUDGE DONALD H. KENT

This matter is before the Court upon the defendant’s Plea in Bar.

The Court, having considered the arguments of counsel, finds that 28 U.S.C. § 1364, which authorizes suits against the diplomat’s insurer, does not abolish diplomatic immunity in the tort context. Accordingly, the Court finds that diplomatic immunity bars the plaintiff’s claim, and that the defendant’s Plea in Bar must be sustained.

Mr. Jaicks should prepare an order dismissing the defendant from the case.