Legal Opinion
Waterman v. Halverson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 12, 2001No. Record 000260PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE WHITING
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this appeal we consider whether the trial court erred in dismissing plaintiff’s motion for judgment as untimely filed based on its construction of Code § 8.01-275.1.
Laurie F.S. Waterman filed a medical malpractice action against Sandy (Butler) Halverson, Michelle “Roe” McCormick, Riverside Hospital, Inc., Nancy Couleman, and Paul Rein in the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth (the defendants). More than twelve months after the filing of this action, Waterman sought and was granted a nonsuit. The defendants were not served with…
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