Legal Opinion
Portsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority v. BMI Apartments Associates
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 10, 1994No. Civ. A. No. 2:93CV242PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DAVIDSON, District Judge.
This medical malpractice ease came before the undersigned for trial in February of this year. The pleadings and trial transcript will show that the court was faced with several choice of law issues. Notably, the choice of law questions presented competing choices between true contributory negligence (complete bar to recovery), versus comparative fault principles (which merely reduce recovery by a percentage of plaintiffs negligence); and, the application or nonapplication of a statutory cap on noneconomic damages.
The record in this case will reveal…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Murphy v. EdmondsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1992
- Mitchell v. CraftMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
- Moore v. Mobile Infirmary Ass'nSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
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- Portsmouth Redevelopment v. BMI APTS. ASSOCIATESDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1994
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