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· 11/8/1985

Donna A. Granahan v. Dr. Jean Pearson

Citations

  • 782 F.2d 30
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 26108

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • interpreting the word “injury” to mean “positive, physical or mental hurt to the claimant, not legal wrong in the broad sense that his legally protected interests have been invaded” (emphasis added)
  • plaintiff’s cause of action accrued when physician negligently failed to remove I.U.D. not years later when she discovered that she was infertile because of pelvic inflammatory disease caused by the failure to remove the I.U.D.
  • applying Virginia statute of limitations to medical malpractice claim

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Judges: Winter, Sprouse, Sneeden

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