FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL v. HEATH

No. 7600.

318 A.2d 593 (1974)

FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL, Appellant, v. Luke HEATH, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Brammer, Washington, D. C., with whom John L. Laskey, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Charles H. Wilson, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom N. David Povich, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, KERN and PAIR, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The trial court entered a judgment in the amount of $50,000 for appellee in his suit against appellant for damages incurred allegedly as the result of the negligence of appellant's employees in providing him post-operative care.1 Prior to the entry of this judgment the jury had rendered a verdict for appellee in the amount of $150,000 but the trial judge concluded that the then-existing jurisdictional limitations upon civil...

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