HOLMES v. LEVINE

Record No. 060682.

639 S.E.2d 235 (2007)

Paul HOLMES, Administrator of the Estate of Ella Holmes v. Jay M. LEVINE, M.D., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Zauzig, III (Claire E. Keena; Nichols Zauzig & Sandler, on brief), Woodbridge, for appellant.

S. Vernon Priddy, III (Carlyle R. Wimbish, III; Margaret F. Hardy; Sands Anderson Marks & Miller, on brief), Richmond, for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In this wrongful-death action based on the alleged medical malpractice of a radiologist, the plaintiff asserts that the trial court erred by refusing to give the plaintiff's requested jury instruction on the issue of proximate causation. We agree and, for that reason, will reverse the trial court's judgment in favor of the defendant-radiologist. With regard to two other issues that may arise during a retrial, we conclude that...

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