GRUBB v. HOCKER

Record No. 821492.

326 S.E.2d 698 (1985)

Harold D. GRUBB v. George T. HOCKER.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Haugh, Jr., Leesburg (John R. Prosser; Hall, Monahan, Engle, Mahan & Mitchell, Leesburg, on brief), for appellant.

Gary R. Sheehan, Fairfax (Samuel S. Jackson, Jr., Alexandria, Gary R. Sheehan, Ltd., Fairfax, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


RUSSELL, Justice.

The sole question on appeal from a defendant's summary judgment in this medical malpractice case is whether the trial court abused its discretion in ruling that the plaintiff's proffered medical expert witness did not have sufficient familiarity with the applicable statewide standard of medical care to express an opinion thereon.

Harold D. Grubb, the plaintiff below, was a farmer living near Poolesville, Maryland. He developed diabetes in...

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