Flannagan v. Drs. Cochran Eberly & Howe, P.C.

BY JUDGE LISA B. KEMLER

This matter came to be heard on the Plaintiffs Motion in Limine to preclude evidence regarding her remarriage. The defendants, Drs. Cochran Eberly & Howe, P.C., Dr. Hindle, and the Association of Alexandria Radiologists, P.C., filed pleadings in opposition and, after hearing arguments of counsel, the Court took the matter under advisement.

The issue to be decided is whether, in this wrongful death action, it is proper to admit into evidence the fact that Madelyn H. Flannagan, the wife of the decedent, has remarried. It appears that this is a case of first impression in…