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GUNN v. RICHMOND COMMUNITY HOSP., INC.

Record No. 850270.

367 S.E.2d 480 (1988)

James GUNN, Guardian, etc. v. RICHMOND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian C. Shevlin, Richmond (Joan E. Jennings, Arlington, Joseph S. Bambacus, Richmond, Shevlin, Artz & Curtis, P.C., Arlington, Bambacus & Parthemos, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Martin A. Donlan, Jr. (Crews, Hancock & Dunn, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

COMPTON, Justice.

This appeal arises in a negligence action for medical malpractice instituted by the guardian of an incapacitated person. The question presented is whether a circuit court is authorized to force the guardian to accept an offer of compromise over the objection of the guardian and his attorneys.

On September 10, 1981, Jannie Lee Jackson was injured while a surgical patient in a hospital operated by appellee Richmond Community Hospital, Inc....

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