FAIRFAX HOSP. SYSTEM, INC. v. CURTIS

Record No. 940992.

457 S.E.2d 66 (1995)

FAIRFAX HOSPITAL SYSTEM, INC. v. Patricia CURTIS, as Administrator for the Estate of Jessie Curtis, Deceased, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Brown, Fairfax (William L. Carey; Miles & Stockbridge, on briefs), for appellant.

Philip J. Hirschkop, Alexandria (David J. McClure; Hirschkop & Associates, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


HASSELL, Justice.

In this appeal of a judgment in a medical malpractice action, we consider the admissibility of certain expert testimony and the opinion of a medical malpractice review panel.

Patricia Curtis, administrator of the estate of Jessie Curtis, filed a notice of claim, pursuant to former Code § 8.01-581.2, against Fairfax Hospital System, Inc. (Hospital) and certain other health care providers. The health care providers requested a medical...

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