GREATER SOUTHEAST COM. HOSP. v. WILLIAMS

No. 82-1655.

482 A.2d 394 (1984)

GREATER SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, Appellant, v. Maxine WILLIAMS, As Administratrix of the Estate of Baby Boy Williams, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas S. McConnell, Washington, D.C., with whom Richard W. Bryan, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Harlow R. Case, Washington, D.C., with whom Jack H. Olender, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and BELSON and TERRY, Associate Judges.


NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This is an interlocutory appeal pursuant to D.C.Code § 11-721(d) (1981)1 in which the sole issue is whether a fetus is a "person" under the wrongful death and survival statutes of the District of Columbia. Maxine Williams, as Administratrix of the Estate of Baby Boy Williams sought recovery under our wrongful death and survival statutes against defendants Llewelyn Crooks...

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