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Granted Appeal Summary

Case

DEBORAH C. GRAVES v. SAMANTHA SHOEMAKER
(Record Number 191500)

From

The Circuit Court of Albemarle County; M. Hughes, Jr., Judge.

Counsel

Fletcher W. Harkrader (Marks & Harrison, P.C.) for appellant.
John P. Cattano and Christopher L. Smith (Central Virginia Litigation, PLC) for appellee.

Assignment of Error

The trial court committed reversible error, improperly applied settled law as set forth in Lombard v. Rohrbaugh, 262 Va. 484 (2001), and abused its discretion in refusing to allow Plaintiff to cross-examine Defendant\\u2019s medical expert witness concerning bias or potential bias in favor of the defense based on his extensive, substantial, and ongoing financial connection to
Defendant\\u2019s insurer; Plaintiff was entitled to elicit such testimony at trial concerning the expert\\u2019s substantial connection to the insurer as relevant to the expert\\u2019s bias or prejudice in this case.

http://www.courts.state.va.us/courts/scv/appeals/191500.pdf

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