LO v. BURKE

Record No. 940416.

455 S.E.2d 9 (1995)

Hing-Har LO, M.D., et al. v. James F. BURKE, Executor, etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brewster S. Rawls, Richmond (Spotts, Smith, Fain & Rawls, on briefs), for appellants.

Robert W. Mann, Martinsville (James R. McGarry, Young, Haskins, Mann & Gregory, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


KEENAN, Justice.

This appeal of a wrongful death action presents a statute of limitations question in which we consider whether the defendants met their burden of proving when the plaintiff's cause of action accrued. We also consider whether the evidence is sufficient to support the jury's finding that the defendants' medical negligence caused the decedent's death.

James F. Burke, executor of the estate of Mary Hutcheson Burke (plaintiff), brought this action...

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