KAISER-GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY v. STUTSMAN

Nos. 84-1398, 84-1470.

491 A.2d 502 (1985)

KAISER-GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN, INC., and Capital Area Permanente Medical Group, P.C., Appellants, v. Mary Thomas STUTSMAN, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Boone, Washington, D.C., with whom Lori J. Lustig, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant Kaiser-Georgetown Community Health Plan, Inc., R. Harrison Pledger, Jr., McLean, Va., for appellant Capital Area Permanente Medical Group, P.C. J. Kathleen O'Shea Poux, Silver Spring, Md., also entered an appearance for appellant Capital Area Permanente Medical Group, P.C.

Thomas P. Mains, Jr., Alexandria, Va., with whom Robert Cadeaux, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and NEBEKER and MACK, Associate Judges.


MACK, Associate Judge:

This case presents a choice-of-law issue in the context of a medical malpractice action. Defendants, appellants here, are two District of Columbia corporations, Kaiser-Georgetown Community Health Plan, Inc. (Kaiser), a health maintenance organization (HMO), and Capital Area Permanente Medical Group, P.C. (Capital), a provider of health care that has contracted to provide health care services at medical facilities operated by Kaiser.

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