TORAISH v. LEE

Record No. 160495.

797 S.E.2d 760 (2017)

Mariam TORAISH, Administrator of the Estate of Adam Traish, deceased v. James Jay LEE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Steven Emmert , Virginia Beach ( Robert T. Hall ; Gobind S. Sethi ; Samantha K. Sledd ; Juli M. Porto ; Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy; Hall & Sethi, Reston; Carluzzo Rochkind & Smith, Manassas, on briefs), for appellant.

Michael E. Olszewski ( Benjamin M. Wengerd ; Richard L. Nagle ; James N. Knaack ; Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle, on brief), Fairfax, for appellee.

PRESENT: All the Justices.


In this appeal, the Court considers whether expert testimony was based upon an adequate foundation. The Court also considers whether the circuit court abused its discretion by permitting a defendant physician to offer an opinion as a lay witness.

I. Background and Procedural History

James J....

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