Legal Opinion
Kumar v. Metropolitan Hospital, L.P.
Richmond County Circuit Court
Decided February 25, 1993No. Case No. LT-4437-4PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BY JUDGE RANDALL G. JOHNSON
This slip and fall case is before the court on defendants’ motion for summary judgment. At issue is whether a limited partner can maintain an action for negligence against his partnership, and/or a general partner of the partnership, for acts or omissions relating to partnership business.1
Plaintiff, Medicherla S. Kumar, is a medical doctor. While making rounds at Metropolitan Hospital in Richmond in December, 1989, he slipped on some stairs, fell, and was injured. He claims that his fall resulted from the negligence of agents and employees of the hospital.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pischke v. Murray (In Re Pischke)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1981
- Strother's Administratrix v. StrotherSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
- Holloway v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1955
- Quillen v. TitusSupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
3Cited by3 opinions
- C.F. Trust, Inc. v. First Flight Ltd. PartnershipCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
- C.F. Trust, Inc. v. First Flight Ltd. PartnershipCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
- Csontos v. MacDonnellVirginia Circuit Court · 2001