Legal Opinion
Modaber v. Kelley
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 5, 1986No. Record 830744PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
In this damage suit arising from medical malpractice, we consider whether a mother has sustained personal injuries, as well as mental anguish, due to the stillbirth of her child and, if so, whether the amount of the damage award is excessive.
In November 1981, appellee Jessie Marie Kelley and Ronald H. Kelley, her husband, sued appellant Parviz Modaber, a medical doctor specializing in obstetrics, for damages arising from the November 1978 stillbirth of their child in the Culpeper Memorial Hospital. In October 1981, a Medical Malpractice Review Panel, convened according to law, had decided…
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