Bostic Ex Rel. Brock v. ABOUT WOMEN OB/GYN

OPINION BY Senior Justice CHARLESS. RUSSELL.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the circuit court erred in permitting the defendant, at a jury trial in a medical malpractice case, to read and exhibit excerpts from medical literature without proper foundation or cautionary instructions.

Facts and Proceedings

Melanie M. Brock was the mother of a child, Jaya Lee Bostic, delivered at Potomac Hospital in Prince William County on May 8, 2000. Immediately after delivery, Jaya was diagnosed with Erb's palsy, a permanent paralysis of the arm. 1 The cause of the palsy was determined to…