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HEFFELFINGER v. GIBSON

No. 6018.

290 A.2d 390 (1972)

Thomas B. HEFFELFINGER, Appellant, v. Marvin GIBSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 21, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Bromley, Washington, D. C., with whom James C. Gregg, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Herbert P. Suskind, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before KERN and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges, and CAYTON, Chief Judge, Retired.

CAYTON, Judge.

Appellee Gibson, an orthopedic surgeon, recovered a judgment in the amount of $542.50 against appellant Heffelfinger, an attorney, in a suit based on an assignment agreement. Bringing the case here for review, appellant contends that the assignment made by his client, the patient, created no liability on his part, despite his separate promise therein, and that in any event appellee's right to recovery was barred...

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