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WINSTEAD v. HILDENBRAND

No. 9140.

159 F.2d 25 (1946)

WINSTEAD v. HILDENBRAND.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided December 16, 1946.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Maxwell A. Ostrow, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Wesley E. McDonald, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. J. Harry Welch, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. H. Mason Welch, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and CLARK, Associate Justices.

CLARK, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia in favor of appellee, defendant below, on an action brought by appellant, plaintiff below, to recover damages for negligence and malpractice resulting in his total blindness.

Appellant suffered from syphilis, contracted prior to 1941. On October 9, 1941, he was admitted to the Georgetown Hospital Night Clinic. From...

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