JENKINS v. PAYNE

Record No. 950661.

465 S.E.2d 795 (1996)

Harold S. JENKINS, M.D., et al. v. Troy R. PAYNE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Veronica L. Payne.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Brandt (John H. Johnston; Slenker, Brandt, Jennings & Johnston, on briefs), Merrifield, for appellants.

William O.P. Snead, III (Mark A. Towery; Judith G. Ising, on brief), Fairfax, for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and COMPTON, STEPHENSON, LACY, HASSELL, and KEENAN, JJ., and WHITING, Senior Justice.


KEENAN, Justice.

In this medical malpractice case, we consider whether the trial court erred in excluding from the jury's consideration (1) opinion evidence that another physician, who had settled the plaintiff's claim against him, was negligent in his treatment of the decedent, and (2) the defendants' argument that the settling physician was the sole proximate cause of the decedent's death.

Veronica L. Payne (Payne) filed a motion for judgment against defendants...

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