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POLLINS v. JONES

Record No. 010425.

557 S.E.2d 713 (2002)

263 Va. 25

Stuart W. POLLINS, Administrator of the ESTATE OF Nicholas VACCARO-POLLINS, Deceased, v. Raymond JONES, M.D.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 11, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Nageotte (Yvette J. Nageotte; Yvonne J. Nageotte; Nageotte, Nageotte & Nageotte, on brief), Stafford, for appellant.

S. Vernon Priddy, III (Carlyle R. Wimbish, III; Kenneth T. Roeber; Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, on brief), Richmond, for appellee.

Present All the Justices.

Opinion by Justice ELIZABETH B. LACY.

In this appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant doctor in a wrongful death case, we consider whether the evidence presented supported a jury instruction which told the jury to enter judgment in favor of the doctor if it found that the doctor chose one of "two or more alternative courses of action ... recognized by the profession as proper."

Nicholas Vaccaro-Pollins (Nicholas) was born on October 20, 1993 with...

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