Legal Opinion

Bitar v. Rahman

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 8, 2006No. Record 051891PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In this medical malpractice action, we address two issues: (1) the fact that the plaintiff's only medical expert witness did not state his opinion to a reasonable degree of medical probability; and (2) the sufficiency of the evidence. Because the defendant did not make a contemporaneous objection when the medical expert's testimony was introduced, the defendant's motion to strike the expert's testimony made at the close of the plaintiff's evidence was not timely, and the objection was therefore waived. Thus, the jury properly considered the expert's…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Evaluation Research Corp. v. AlequinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1994
  2. Brown v. KoulizakisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
  3. Mueller v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
  4. John v. Wong Shik ImSupreme Court of Virginia · 2002
  5. Raines v. LutzSupreme Court of Virginia · 1986

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3Cited by37 opinions

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