Legal Opinion
Griffett v. Ryan
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 15, 1994No. Record 930613PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hassell
*467In this appeal of a judgment in a medical malpractice action, we consider issues relating to proximate causation and admission of expert testimony.
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Betty Jean Griffett, executrix of the estate of Henry Griffett, filed this wrongful death action against Michael J. Ryan, M.D., Digestive & Liver Disease Specialists, Ltd., David M. Bridges, M.D., and Medical Center Radiologists, Inc. She alleged that the defendants failed to diagnose her husband’s cancer and that such failure was a proximate cause of his death. The defendants denied any acts of negligence.
The case was tried before a jury. At the…
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