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WASHINGTON HEALTHCARE CORP. v. BARROW

Nos. 85-689, 85-899.

531 A.2d 226 (1987)

WASHINGTON HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, t/a Washington Hospital Center, et al., Appellants, v. Grace Kandee BARROW, et al., Appellees. Grace Kandee BARROW, et al., Appellants, v. WASHINGTON HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, t/a Washington Hospital Center, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 9, 1987.

As Amended October 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Mahoney, Jr., with whom Charles R. Lyons, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for Washington Healthcare Corp.

James E. Joyner, Washington, D.C., for Grace Kandee Barrow and Plummer Barrow.

Mary Ann Snow, with whom Paul D. Krause, David P. Durbin, and John Jude O'Donnell, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for Zakaria M. Oweiss, M.D., P.C.

Roy L. Mason, with whom Douglas M. Scheller, Rockville, Md., was on brief, for Groover, Christie and Merritt, P.C.

Before MACK, BELSON and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

BELSON, Associate Judge:

The judgment appealed from arises out of the failure to notify a patient of an x-ray report that suggested an early cancerous condition of the lungs and the related failure to treat the developing cancer for almost a year. We reject the appellant hospital's challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence of its liability, but agree with the hospital's contention that it was entitled to a credit as a result of the patient's settlement with her...

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