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BOSTIC EX REL. BROCK v. ABOUT WOMEN OB/GYN

Record No. 070410.

659 S.E.2d 290 (2008)

Jaya Lee BOSTIC, by her Mother and Next Friend, Melanie M. BROCK v. ABOUT WOMEN OB/GYN, P.C., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Artz, Arlington (John P. Ellis; Andrew J. Waghorn; Sher, Cummings and Ellis, on briefs), for appellant.

Ronald P. Herbert (LeClair Ryan, on brief), Richmond, for appellees.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Charles H. Smith, III; Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, on brief), Roanoke, in support of appellant.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., KEENAN, KINSER, LEMONS, AGEE, and GOODWYN, JJ., and RUSSELL, S.J.

OPINION BY Senior Justice CHARLES S. RUSSELL.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the circuit court erred in permitting the defendant, at a jury trial in a medical malpractice case, to read and exhibit excerpts from medical literature without proper foundation or cautionary instructions.

Facts and Proceedings

Melanie M. Brock was the mother of a child, Jaya Lee Bostic, delivered at Potomac Hospital in Prince William County...

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