Howell v. Sobhan

682 S.E.2d 938 (2009)

278 Va. 278

Esther H. HOWELL

v.

Ajmal SOBHAN, M.D., et al.

Record No. 081800.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 18, 2009.

Melissa Warner Scoggins (Paul L. Warren, Warren & Associates, on brief), for appellant.

Joseph M. Rainsbury, Roanoke (William H. Shewmake, Donna L. Foster, Richmond, LeClair Ryan, on brief), for appellees.

PRESENT: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

The appellant, Esther H. Howell, filed this medical malpractice action against Ajmal Sobhan, M.D. and his employer, Sobhan & Hopson Surgical, PC. At the close of all the evidence during a…