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EMMETT v. EASTERN DISPENSARY AND CASUALTY HOSPITAL

No. 20707.

396 F.2d 931 (1967)

William J. EMMETT, Administrator of the Estate of Joseph N. Emmett, Appellant, v. EASTERN DISPENSARY AND CASUALTY HOSPITAL et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Karl G. Feissner, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Erwin A. Alpern, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. John P. Arness, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Stephen S. Boynton, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee Eastern Dispensary & Casualty Hospital.

Mr. Walter J. Murphy, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellee McNulty.

Before BASTIAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Joseph N. Emmett, while a patient in the appellee hospital, died intestate on July 23, 1964. In this litigation, inaugurated April 15, 1966, our appellant, the decedent's son and administrator, charges that the hospital and its co-appellee, the decedent's attending physician, were negligent in the care and treatment of the decedent, thereby causing his death.1...

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