WOODBURY v. COURTNEY

Record No. 890994.

391 S.E.2d 293 (1990)

Patricia WOODBURY v. C.B. COURTNEY, Jr., M.D.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Breit (Breit, Drescher & Breit, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant.

H.H. Hunter Clarke (Fay F. Spence, Knight, Dudley, Dezern & Clarke, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


HASSELL, Justice.

Patricia Woodbury, appellant, filed this action against Dr. C.B. Courtney, Jr., alleging that he breached the standard of care and committed a battery upon her during a surgical procedure which he performed on July 23, 1984.

Woodbury's primary physician, John Q. Hatten, referred her to the Breast Diagnostic Center in Newport News for mammography studies. A physician at the Center determined that Woodbury had a suspicious mass deep against...

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