Legal Opinion
Joseph Diantonio v. Northampton-Accomack Memorial Hospital and Gene Myers, Dr., Association of Trial Lawyers of America/appellant, Amicus Curiae
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1980No. 79-1039PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:
In this medical malpractice action brought in the diversity jurisdiction, the plaintiff complains of the application to him of the Virginia Medical Malpractice Act. 1 It requires prior notice of intention to file a medical malpractice action and provides for mediation and decision by a panel of physicians and lawyers appointed by the Chief Justice of the Commonwealth. This action was dismissed for failure to give the prefiling notice. The plaintiff in this appeal contends that the Act may not be applied to a plaintiff in the diversity jurisdiction.
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- Attorney General v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
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3Cited by80 opinions
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