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FENTON v. DANACEAU

Record No. 780628.

255 S.E.2d 349 (1979)

Donna L. FENTON v. Henry L. DANACEAU.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas E. Bywater, Vienna (Duvall, Tate & Bywater, Ltd., Vienna, on brief), for appellant.

John F. Gionfriddo, Vienna, for appellee.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

In this medical malpractice case involving a statute of limitations question, we decide whether the continuing treatment rule, adopted by us three months ago in Farley v. Goode, Va., 252 S.E.2d 594 (1979), will be applied to this set of facts.* In Farley, a patient's suit against a general dentist, the issue was whether "the right to bring a malpractice action in tort for personal...

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