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COWAN v. PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATES, LTD.

No. 881059.

387 S.E.2d 747 (1990)

Peggy C. COWAN, et al., etc. v. PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATES, LTD., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roslyn G. Brown (Robert E. Brown, Howell, Daugherty, Brown & Lawrence, Norfolk, on brief), for appellants.

Michael E. Ornoff (Thomas J. Harlan, Jr., Norfolk, on brief), for appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, WHITING, and LACY, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Former Code § 8.01-581.2(A) provided, inter alia, that "[n]o action may be brought for malpractice against a health care provider unless the claimant notifies such health care provider in writing by registered or certified mail prior to commencing the action.... [of] the time of the alleged malpractice and [gives] a reasonable description of the act or acts of malpractice." Former Code § 8.01-581.9 provided, in pertinent part...

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