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KONE v. WILSON

Record No. 052025.

630 S.E.2d 744 (2006)

272 Va. 59

Venunadh KONE, Administrator of the Estate of Jampal R. Gummalla, Deceased v. Claude W. WILSON, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea C. Long (Boone, Beale, Cosby & Long, on brief), Richmond, for appellant.

Sean P. Byrne, Glen Allen; Kathleen M. McCauley (Mary August Huffman; Robyn P. Ayers; Dana A. Dews; Brewster S. Rawls, Coreen A. Bromfield, Richmond; Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle, Glen Allen; Goodman, Allen & Filetti, Charlottesville; Rawls & McNelis, Richmond, on briefs), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Justice BARBARA MILANO KEENAN.

In this appeal, we consider whether the administrator of a decedent's estate may file a wrongful death action pro se.

In November 1999, Jampal R. Gummalla entered Bon Secours-St. Mary's Hospital, Inc. (the hospital), presenting symptoms of headache, fever, vomiting, and memory loss. After several tests were administered, Dr. Michael D. Mandel and Dr. Claude W. Wilson consulted with each other concerning the diagnosis...

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