Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Clark
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 5, 1999No. Civ.A. 99-596-APublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CACHERIS, District Judge.
The issue before the Court is the scope of the medical malpractice Continuing Treatment Rule, which requires that treatment by physicians be continuous and substantially uninterrupted. In particular, the Court must determine if Defendants’ treatment of Plaintiff from 1991 through 1997 was continuous and substantially uninterrupted even though Plaintiff took an eleven-month hiatus during this period and received treatment for the same medical conditions from a different doctor.
Defendants argue that their treatment was not continuous and substantially…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Farley v. GoodeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
- Grubbs v. RawlsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
- Stanley J. JAKUBIAK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William J. PERRY, Secretary of Defense, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
- William Runnebaum v. Nationsbank of Maryland, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
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