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FAIRFAX HOSP. SYSTEM, INC. v. McCARTY

Record No. 911203.

419 S.E.2d 621 (1992)

FAIRFAX HOSPITAL SYSTEM, INC. v. Janet Platt McCARTY, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 5, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Cremins, Fairfax (Gerald R. Walsh, Robert F. Donnelly, Jr., Walsh & Cremins, on briefs), for appellant.

William O. Snead, III, Mark A. Towery, Fairfax (Judith G. Ising, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.

COMPTON, Justice.

This is an appeal in a medical malpractice action brought against a hospital based on the alleged negligent failure of a labor and delivery nurse to notify promptly the attending physician of the deteriorating condition of a fetus.

On June 3, 1987, about 9:00 a.m., appellee Janet Platt McCarty, age 31 and pregnant with her first child, was admitted to Fairfax Hospital, operated by appellant Fairfax Hospital System, Inc. Approximately 12 hours...

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