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STIVERS v. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

No. 16999.

320 F.2d 751 (1963)

Myrtle V. STIVERS, Appellant, v. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Walter J. Murphy, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. H. Mason Welch, J. Harry Welch, J. Joseph Barse and James A. Welch, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WILBUR K. MILLER and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant brought suit in the District Court against George Washington University Hospital and Dr. John W. Barrett, one of its medical staff employees, under claims which she characterizes in her brief as for malpractice and negligence. The complaint also asserted that appellant's consent to a diagnostic operation known as a bi-lateral arteriogram was based on inadequate information and hence was not binding. The jury returned a verdict in favor...

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