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GRAVITT v. WARD

Record No. 982269.

518 S.E.2d 631 (1999)

Brenda Lowery GRAVITT v. Phillip D. WARD, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Shuttleworth (Lawrence H. Woodward, Jr.; Shuttleworth, Ruloff & Giordano, on brief), Virginia Beach, for appellant.

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

Present: All the Justices.

KOONTZ, Justice.

On October 11, 1996, Brenda Lowery Gravitt instituted this medical malpractice action against Dr. Philip D. Ward, an obstetrician/gynecologist, and his employer, Fuller-Roberts Clinic, Inc. (Fuller-Roberts), seeking $1,000,000 in damages she alleged resulted from the defendants' negligent failure to timely diagnose her breast cancer. In response, Dr. Ward and Fuller-Roberts filed grounds of defense, denying that they were negligent and reserving the...

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