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WACKWITZ v. ROY

Record No. 911384.

418 S.E.2d 861 (1992)

Marie WACKWITZ, Administrator of the Estate of Bryon Henry Wackwitz, Deceased v. Gaston ROY, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 5, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Garver, Reston (Garver & Moller, on briefs), for appellant.

Laura J. Holland, Washington, D.C. (Paul D. Krause, Jayson L. Spiegel, Jordan, Coyne, Savits & Lopata, on brief), for appellee Julia Roy, Executrix of the Estate of Gaston Roy, M.D.

R. Craig Jennings, Slenker, Brandt, Jennings & Johnston, Merrifield, for appellee Potomac Hosp. Corp. of Prince William.

Virginia Trial Lawyers Ass'n (Christopher A. Meyer, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Richmond, on brief), for amicus curiae.

Present: All the Justices.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

The principal question presented in this appeal is whether the decedent's taking of his own life bars a recovery by his administrator as a matter of law.

I

Marie Wackwitz, administrator of the estate of Bryon Henry Wackwitz, deceased (the plaintiff), filed a wrongful death action against Julia A. Roy, executrix of the estate of Gaston E. Roy, M.D., deceased, Gaston E. Roy, M.D., P.C., and Potomac Hospital Corporation of Prince...

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