MAY v. CARUSO

Record No. 012560.

568 S.E.2d 690 (2002)

264 Va. 358

Robert A. MAY, Executor of the Estate of Virgil R. May, M.D., Deceased, v. Anthony c. CARUSO, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony M. Russell (S.D. Roberts Moore, Roanoke; Monica L. Taylor; Guy C. Crowgey, Richmond; Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke; Eck, Colins & Marstiller, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Rodney K. Adams (Kelvin L. Newsome; Anne M. Glenn; LeClair Ryan, on brief), Richmond, for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


KOONTZ, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred in excluding certain evidence proffered by the plaintiff in a medical malpractice action. The trial court ruled that the plaintiff had not satisfied the requirements of the hearsay exception for statements published in authoritative treatises and articles contained in Code § 8.01-401.1 and, thus, prohibited the introduction into evidence of statements contained in certain published medical...

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