KOSBERG v. WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER, INC.

No. 20792.

394 F.2d 947 (1968)

Esther KOSBERG, Administratrix, Estate of Roberta Ann Clark, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER, INC., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Philip Shinberg, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Mr. John L. Laskey, Washington, D.C., for appellee, Washington Hospital Center.

Mr. Gerald W. Farquhar, Washington, D.C., for appellee, Klein.

Mr. J. Joseph Barse, Washington, D.C., for appellee, Rudnai.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and BURGER and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is a wrongful death, malpractice action. Decedent was a newly married, 22-year-old girl whose medical problems began with symptoms suggestive of pregnancy. She was successively treated by a series of three doctors: a general practitioner, a psychiatrist, and an internist. The general practitioner, a defendant here, treated decedent for "morning sickness" and malnutrition and, when she did not improve significantly, referred her to the psychiatrist...

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