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EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER v. HANGER

Record No. 230199.

899 S.E.2d 413 (2024)

EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF TIDEWATER, PLC and Allison L. Raines, D.O. v. Patricia HANGER

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 4, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. William Charters ( C. Thea Pitzen , Norfolk; Goodman Allen Donnelly, on briefs), for appellants.

L. Steven Emmert ( Richard N. Shapiro ; Eric K. Washburn ; Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy; Shapiro, Washburn & Sharpe, on brief), Virginia Beach, for appellee.

PRESENT: All the Justices

OPINION BY JUSTICE THOMAS P. MANN

In this medical malpractice case, Patricia Hanger alleged that Dr. Allison L. Raines and Emergency Physicians of Tidewater, PLC (together, "Appellants") negligently failed to treat Hanger's low blood sodium. Hanger maintained that it was this negligence which caused her to suffer a seizure, resulting in a traumatic brain injury from a fall. The Appellants continuously asserted throughout trial that the fall could have...

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