Mann v. Sentara Hospitals, Inc.

By Judge Charles E. Poston

Today the Court sustains the pleas in bar of the defendants, the Medical College of Hampton Roads (d/b/a EVMS) and Drs. Andrew J. Oh and Kathryn Reynes Suarez, that assert the protection of sovereign immunity. The Court overrules the EVMS Academic Physicians and Surgeons Health Services Foundation’s pleas in bar that claim protection of sovereign immunity and charitable immunity. Finally, the Court overrules the Foundation’s plea in bar asserting that it cannot be held liable on a theory of respondeat superior. In reaching its decision, the Court considered the…