WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER v. CHEEKS

No. 21364.

394 F.2d 964 (1968)

The WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER, Appellant, v. Arthur S. CHEEKS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. John L. Laskey and Thomas Penfield Jackson, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Mr. Joseph H. Koonz, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom Messrs. Lee C. Ashcraft and Martin E. Gerel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Senior Circuit Judge, and BURGER and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


BURGER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court entered after a jury verdict in favor of Appellee in an action against the Appellant for alleged negligence in the care of Appellee while he was a patient. The primary issue on appeal is Appellant's claim that the District Judge erred when he permitted Appellee to call in mid-trial a medical witness not included in the witness lists required to be exchanged in advance of trial by the pre...

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