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Cothran v. Jauregui

No. 250019Supreme Court of Virginia

250019 Cothran v. Jauregui 12/30/2025 In a medical malpractice claim, the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's ruling sustaining the defendant physician's plea in bar asserting that the statut…

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250019 Cothran v. Jauregui 12/30/2025 In a medical malpractice claim, the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's r…

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Supreme Court of Virginia
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October 4, 2026
Last entry
December 30, 2025
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250019 Cothran v. Jauregui 12/30/2025 In a medical malpractice claim, the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's ruling sustaining the defendant physician's plea in bar asserting that the statute of limitations barred the claim. Although there was a possibility that plaintiff might return to see the physician at some unknown point in the future, a substantial interruption occurred in the course of plaintiff's examination and treatment concerning a lump that plaintiff had found in her breast. She and the physician proceeded after an October 2018 appointment as though the physician-patient relationship had ended, and the longer that interruption continued, the more substantial…

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    250019 Cothran v. Jauregui 12/30/2025 In a medical malpractice claim, the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the trial court's ruling sustaining the defendant physician's plea in bar asserting that the statute of limitations barred the claim. Although there was a possibility that plaintiff might return to see the physician at some unknown point in the future, a substantial interruption occurred in the course of plaintiff's examination and treatment concerning a lump that plaintiff had found in her breast. She and the physician proceeded after an October 2018 appointment as though the physician-patient relationship had ended, and the longer that interruption continued, the more substantial…

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