PANOUSOS v. ALLEN

Record No. 920529.

425 S.E.2d 496 (1993)

Nikolaos PANOUSOS and Sandra Panousos, Administrators of the Estate of Nicole Panousos v. Robert M. ALLEN, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Quinn, Washington, DC (Fehrenbacher, Sale, Quinn & Deese, on briefs), for appellants.

George A. McAndrews, Fairfax (Gary A. Godard; Godard, West & Adelman, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


WHITING, Justice.

We must decide whether the evidence in this negligence case supports the granting of a superseding cause instruction.

Nicole Panousos, a four and a half month old infant, died following an abdominal operation at the Fairfax Hospital. Alleging medical malpractice, Nikolaos and Sandra Panousos, Nicole's parents and administrators of her estate, sued Dr. Robert M. Allen, a radiologist, and his employer, Fairfax Radiological Consultants, P.C...

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