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Nichols v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
No. 981388Supreme Court of Virginia
981388 Nichols v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan 04/16/1999 In a tort action for negligently dispensing an incorrect medication, the medical facts and medical opinion combined with lay testimony, without the ad…
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981388 Nichols v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan 04/16/1999 In a tort action for negligently dispensing an incorrect medication, t…
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981388 Nichols v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan 04/16/1999 In a tort action for negligently dispensing an incorrect medication, the medical facts and medical opinion combined with lay testimony, without the addition of pure expert testimony, entitled the plaintiff to have a jury weigh the evidence of causation, and the trial court erred in ruling to the contrary. The judgment below is reversed, the verdict of the jury is reinstated, and final judgment is entered here.
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981388 Nichols v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan 04/16/1999 In a tort action for negligently dispensing an incorrect medication, the medical facts and medical opinion combined with lay testimony, without the addition of pure expert testimony, entitled the plaintiff to have a jury weigh the evidence of causation, and the trial court erred in ruling to the contrary. The judgment below is reversed, the verdict of the jury is reinstated, and final judgment is entered here.
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