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CAPITOL HILL HOSP. v. JONES

No. 86-629.

532 A.2d 89 (1987)

CAPITOL HILL HOSPITAL, et al., Appellants, v. Anna L. JONES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Boone, Washington, D.C., for appellants. Vicki J. Hunt, Arlington, Va., also entered an appearance for appellants.

William C. Burgy, with whom Karl N. Marshall and Kate S. Barfield, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before MACK, FERREN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellants, Capitol Hill Hospital and Dr. Samuel Kleiman, appeal from an adverse medical malpractice jury verdict. Appellants' principal contentions, in the order presented to us, are 1) the verdict was coerced by the trial court's improper Winters charge; 2) the jury's award of $100,000 solely for pain and suffering was excessive and based on insufficient evidence; and 3) the trial court improperly refused to apply the "locality...

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