PEREZ BY PEREZ v. ESPINOLA

Civ. A. No. 90-1254-A.

749 F.Supp. 732 (1990)

Maria Rosa PEREZ, A Minor, By Her Father and Next Friend Miguel Fernandez PEREZ, and Maria Rosa Perez, Plaintiffs, v. Mario E. ESPINOLA, M.D., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

November 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Charley Shadyac, Jr., Shadyac & Shadyac, Arlington, Va., for plaintiffs.

Tara M. McCarthy, Slenker, Brandt, Jennings & Johnston, Fairfax, Va., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

I. Background

The unsettled question of Virginia law raised in this diversity malpractice case is whether the statute of limitations tolling provision for a minor's claim applies also to a parent's claims for medical expenses and emotional distress stemming from the same incident of alleged malpractice.

The pertinent facts may be simply stated. In 1978, Mrs. Perez became a patient of defendant...

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