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BEVERLY ENTERPRISES-VIRGINIA v. NICHOLS

Record No. 930080.

441 S.E.2d 1 (1994)

BEVERLY ENTERPRISES-VIRGINIA, INC., T/A, etc. v. Steven C. NICHOLS, Administrator, etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 25, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. McFadden, Jr., Norfolk (John A. Heilig; Heilig, McKenry, Fraim & Lollar, on brief), for appellant.

Moody E. Stallings, Jr., Virginia Beach (Gregory Kim Pugh; Stallings & Richardson, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

HASSELL, Justice.

The primary issue we consider in this medical malpractice action is whether the plaintiff is required to present expert testimony to prove the defendant's negligence.

Steven C. Nichols, administrator of the estate of Blanche Allene Nichols, filed this wrongful death action against Beverly Enterprises-Virginia, Inc., t/a Lynn Shores Manor. Beverly Enterprises-Virginia operates a nursing home under...

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