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MODABER v. KELLEY

Record No. 830744.

348 S.E.2d 233 (1986)

Parviz MODABER, M.D. v. Jessie Marie KELLEY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Harrison Pledger, Jr., McLean (Joseph J. Perez, Annandale, on briefs), for appellant.

John J. Buckley, Jr., Washington, D.C. (Billie Lee Dunford-Jackson, Culpeper, Williams and Connolly, Washington, D.C., Davies, Barrell, Will and Dunford-Jackson, Culpeper, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

COMPTON, Justice.

In this damage suit arising from medical malpractice, we consider whether a mother has sustained personal injuries, as well as mental anguish, due to the stillbirth of her child and, if so, whether the amount of the damage award is excessive.

In November 1981, appellee Jessie Marie Kelley and Ronald H. Kelley, her husband, sued appellant Parviz Modaber, a medical doctor specializing in obstetrics...

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