Todd v. EDWIN L. WILLIAMS, II, MD, LTD.

This appeal arises from a judgment in favor of the defendants in a medical malpractice case. It presents three questions concerning the application of the hearsay rule to expert testimony.

Colleen Mills was 13 years old in 1984 when she was diagnosed as suffering from Hodgkin’s disease. She was admitted to Roanoke Memorial Hospital on April 23 of that year to undergo a staging laparotomy which included a splenectomy. Her surgeon, Dr. Edwin L. Williams, II, was of opinion that she had a 95% chance of complete recovery from Hodgkin’s disease after the surgery. Colleen’s postoperative course…