DICKERSON v. FATEHI

Record No. 961531.

484 S.E.2d 880 (1997)

253 Va. 324

Shirley DICKERSON v. Nasrollah FATEHI, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard T. Holmes (Holmes & Edmonds, on briefs), Virginia Beach, for appellant.

R. Barrow Blackwell (Ann Mayhew Golski; Kaufman & Canoles, on brief), for appellees Nasrollah Fatehi and Atlantic Neurosurgery, P.C.

A. William Charters (John A. Heilig; Deborah S. Prince; Heilig, McKenry, Fraim & Lollar, on brief), Norfolk, for appellees Rachel Jacobs, R.N., etc. and Millicent P. Spruill, ORT, etc.

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


STEPHENSON, Justice.

In this medical malpractice action, the trial court, relying solely upon the pleadings and certain pretrial discovery material, granted summary judgment in favor of a physician and two nurses. The court ruled, inter alia, that expert testimony was necessary to establish the appropriate standards of care and breaches thereof, and the principal issue in this appeal is whether that ruling was erroneous.

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