DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. MOXLEY

Civ. A. No. 78-1797.

471 F.Supp. 777 (1979)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Plaintiff, v. Lawrence P. MOXLEY, Administrator of the Estate of Walter Carroll Moxley, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Dr. Charles MEREDITH, Superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh O. Stevenson, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Robert J. Sher, Chevy Chase, Md., for defendant and third-party plaintiff.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty. for the District of Columbia, Ann DuRoss, Asst. U. S. Atty. for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., Michael English, of counsel, Office of the Legal Advisory, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, for third-party defendant.


MEMORANDUM

SIRICA, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on the motion of the federal third-party defendant, Dr. Charles Meredith, to dismiss the third-party complaint for failure to state a cause of action. For the reasons discussed below, the Court will grant the motion and remand the case to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, where it was originally filed.1

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