JOHNSON v. RAVIOTTA

Record No. 012009.

563 S.E.2d 727 (2002)

264 Va. 27

Oscar JOHNSON, Administrator of the Estate of Cynthia Y. Bell, Deceased, v. Joseph John RAVIOTTA, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Williamson, Jr., (Carolyn C. Lavecchia; Williamson & Lavecchia, on briefs), Richmond, for appellant.

Rodney K. Adams; Carlyle R. Wimbish, III (Kelvin Newsome; Anne M. Glenn; Kenneth T. Roeber; LeClair Ryan; Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, on briefs), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


LACY, Justice.

In this appeal from an adverse judgment in a medical malpractice case, Oscar Johnson, administrator of the estate of Cynthia Y. Bell, claims that certain evidence did not meet the corroboration requirements of Code § 8.01-397 as a matter of law and, therefore, the trial court erred in instructing the jury on corroboration and in allowing the jury to consider such evidence.

I. FACTS

Dr. Joseph John Raviotta provided prenatal...

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