DRINKARD-NUCKOLS v. ANDREWS

Record No. 040585.

606 S.E.2d 813 (2005)

269 Va. 93

Patricia A. DRINKARD-NUCKOLS, Executor of the Estate of Bermuda H. Drinkard, Deceased v. William C. ANDREWS, Jr., M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monica Taylor Monday (S.D. Roberts Moore; Charles H. Smith, III; Anthony M. Russell; Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, on briefs), Roanoke, for appellant.

Henry M. Sackett, III, Lynchburg; Elizabeth Guilbert Perrow (George W. Wooten; Peter D. Vieth, Roanoke; Edmunds & Williams; WootenHart, on briefs), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


KINSER, Justice.

In this medical malpractice action, the plaintiff objected to the introduction of evidence concerning what the defendant doctors expected from other physicians with regard to the handling and communication of the interpretation of an x-ray, thereby suggesting that physicians other than the defendants were negligent. Because the plaintiff presented testimony on the same subject in her case-in-chief, her objection is waived and the circuit court's admission...

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