COUNTRYSIDE ORTHOPAEDICS, P.C. v. PEYTON

Record Nos. 000558, 000572.

541 S.E.2d 279 (2001)

COUNTRYSIDE ORTHOPAEDICS, P.C., et al., v. Randall S. PEYTON. Randall S. Peyton, v. Countryside Orthopaedics, P.C., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis T. Booker (Vernon W. Johnson, III; Hunton & Williams; Jackson & Campbell, on briefs), for appellants (Record No. 000558).

John W. Toothman (David H. White; Toothman & White, on brief), for appellee (Record No. 000558).

John W. Toothman (David H. White; Toothman & White, on briefs), for appellant (Record No. 000572).

Vernon W. Johnson, III (Lewis T. Booker; Jackson & Campbell; Hunton & Williams, on brief), for appellees (Record No. 000572).

Present All the Justices.


KINSER, Justice.

In these two appeals, the first question we address is whether four agreements executed as part of a single transaction to accomplish an agreed purpose should be construed together even though all the agreements were not executed by the same parties. The second question is whether a doctor, who was a party to three of the agreements, can enforce a provision providing for severance pay. Because we conclude that the agreements should be construed as...

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