Rogers v. Commonwealth

By Judge Paul M. Peatross, Jr.

Defendants Julie Fisher and Joan Walker have entered a Plea of Sovereign Immunity in response to the medical malpractice action filed by plaintiff Douglas W. Rogers. Mr. Rogers alleges that he was injured as a result of the defendants’ negligence while he was a patient on surgical floor 4-West of the University of Virginia Medical Center (“the Hospital”) in May of 1993. At all times relevant to this action, both defendant Fisher and defendant Walker were employed by the Hospital, the former as a registered nurse and the latter as a patient care assistant.

The…