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WALDEN v. WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER

No. 6357.

304 A.2d 645 (1973)

Deloris E. WALDEN and Lessie L. Walden, Appellants, v. The WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 15, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Kayson, Kensington, Md., for appellants.

James P. Schaller, Washington, D. C., with whom John L. Laskey, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, NEBEKER and PAIR, Associate Judges.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

The issue presented in this appeal is whether a directed verdict at the end of plaintiffs' case was proper where the evidence disclosed postsurgical application to Mrs. Walden of an unknown fluid on a part of the skin covered by the adhesive portion of the dressing, a burning sensation, a single initial protestation by Mrs. Walden, and a subsequent infectious reaction to part of the area of application. Appellants' theory at trial was that...

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