Fairfax Hospital System, Inc. v. Nevitt

457 S.E.2d 10 (1995)

FAIRFAX HOSPITAL SYSTEM, INC.

v.

Diane M. NEVITT, etc.

Record No. 940273.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 1995.

Anthony J. Trenga, Alexandria (John E. Coffey, Dee Ann Herring, Hazel & Thomas, on briefs), for appellant.

Dean E. Swartz, Washington, DC (Swartz & Reed, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, WHITING, HASSELL, and KEENAN, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.

POFF, Senior Justice.

In this appeal from a judgment for a plaintiff in a medical malpractice case, the issues framed require us to consider (1) the statute granting a plaintiff the right…