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JOHNSON v. BERNARD

No. 11817.

388 A.2d 490 (1978)

Ossie P. JOHNSON, mother, next of kin, and personal representative of Ossie Diane Johnson, Deceased, and Administratrix of the Estate of Ossie Diane Johnson, Deceased, Appellant, v. Milton D. BERNARD et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Martin, Washington, D. C., with whom Robert S. Bennett, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Michael T. Rapp, Washington, D. C., with whom Leo A. Roth, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before NEBEKER, HARRIS and FERREN, Associate Judges.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a jury verdict for the defendant in a wrongful death action. Appellant assigns as error (1) the trial court's refusal to grant a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, and (2) the denial of a jury instruction on the issue of medical abandonment. Finding no error, we affirm.

On September 2, 1975, Ossie Diane Johnson, a healthy 21-year-old woman, entered the offices of...

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