BITAR v. RAHMAN

Record No. 051891.

630 S.E.2d 319 (2006)

272 Va. 130

George BITAR, M.D. v. Wafa RAHMAN.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Harrison Pledger, Jr.; John E. Peterson, Jr. (Pledger & Associates, on brief), for appellant.

(Joseph Peter Drennan; Sam W. Burgan & Associates, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In this medical malpractice action, we address two issues: (1) the fact that the plaintiff's only medical expert witness did not state his opinion to a reasonable degree of medical probability; and (2) the sufficiency of the evidence. Because the defendant did not make a contemporaneous objection when the medical expert's testimony was introduced, the defendant's motion to strike the expert's testimony made at the close of the...

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