The statute of limitations with respect to any civil action that may be brought by or on behalf of an injured infant allegedly arising out of or related to a birth-related neurological injury shall be tolled by the filing of a claim in accordance with this chapter, and the time such claim is pending shall not be computed as part of the period within which such civil action may be brought.
Va. Code Ann. § 38.2-5005
Tolling of statute of limitations
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Huff v. Medical College of Virginia Associated Physicians (1993)
Most recently applied in Huff v. Medical College of Virginia Associated Physicians (February 1993)
1987, c. 540; 1989, c. 523; 2003, c. 897.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.