Virginia's Continuing Negligent Treatment Rule: Farely v. Goode and Fenton v. Danaceau

Since 1902 the continuing negligent treatment rule has been applied to medical malpractice claims to establish when the statute of limitations begins to run on a particular cause of action. The rule is typically used in cases where the parties have engaged in a course of dealing over a period of time and the wrong complained of has stretched over all or part of this period.