Legal Opinion
Estate of Curtis v. Fairfax Hospital Systems, Inc.
Fairfax County Circuit Court
Decided September 21, 1990PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
By JUDGE ROSEMARIE ANNUNZIATA
The matter before the Court is claimant's motion to compel Fairfax County Hospital and Linda Beckett, R.N., to answer interrogatories and to produce documents regarding the hospital's guidelines, procedures, and protocols for infant care in the NICU unit.
Claimant filed the following interrogatories to which the hospital objected on the grounds that policies, procedures, and protocols of a hospital are not discoverable:
Interrogatory No. 5: Describe in detail Fairfax Hospital's guidelines, protocol, or procedure in February, 1989, providing for or pertaining to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 1965
- Cornfeldt v. TongenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Bly v. RhoadsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1976
- Pullen v. NickensSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Bradburn v. Rockingham Memorial HospitalRockingham County Circuit Court · 1998
- Owens v. Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Inc.Norfolk County Circuit Court · 1997
- Stevens v. LemmiePetersburg County Circuit Court · 1996
- Hurdle v. Oceana Urgent CareNorfolk County Circuit Court · 1999
- Day v. Medical Facilities of America, Inc.Virginia Circuit Court · 2002
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