Legal Opinion
Williams v. Le
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 6, 2008No. Record 071409PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Justice DONALD W. LEMONS.
In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury on superseding intervening causation in a medical malpractice case.
I. Facts and Proceedings Below
On May 26, 2005, Tawanda Williams ("Williams") saw Dr. Daniel G. Kaw ("Dr. Kaw"), a physician at the Fair Oaks Kaiser Permanente Center in Fairfax, for pain in her right calf and leg. Dr. Kaw ordered a Doppler ultrasound to be performed on Williams' calf within the Kaiser system in mid-June. Williams scheduled a follow-up appointment for "June 6 or PRN" ("as needed").
On June 1,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Jenkins v. PayneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1996
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- Johnson v. RaviottaSupreme Court of Virginia · 2002
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