FLORA v. SHULMISTER

Record No. 001887.

546 S.E.2d 427 (2001)

262 Va. 215

John M. FLORA, et al., v. David SHULMISTER, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory N. Stillman (K. Reed Mayo, Norfolk; Hunton & Williams, McLean, on briefs), for appellants.

Brian O. Dolan (R. Barrow Blackwell; Kaufman & Canoles, on brief), Norfolk, for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


KINSER, Justice.

In this appeal, we decide the question whether a trial court abused its discretion by imposing monetary sanctions because a litigant's counsel failed to produce an autopsy report in response to a request for production of documents. Because we conclude that the attorney, after reasonable inquiry, could have formed a reasonable belief, grounded in fact and warranted under existing law, that the report contained...

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