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DEASY v. HILL

Nos. 86-2648(L), 86-2662.

833 F.2d 38 (1987)

Charles R. DEASY, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ginger Deasy, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elizabeth H. HILL, Defendant-Appellee. Charles R. DEASY, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ginger Deasy, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elizabeth H. HILL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Stanford, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jacqueline Kathleen O'Shea Poux (R. Harrison Pledger, Jr., McLean, Va., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, ERVIN, and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

Charles Deasy and his wife Ginger brought a malpractice action against Dr. Elizabeth Hill, alleging that the latter's negligence diminished Ginger's chances of surviving cancer of the cervix. They alleged that Hill had failed to notify Ginger of the abnormal results of a pap smear or of the need for reexamination. After Ginger died and immediately before trial, Charles Deasy moved to amend his complaint to add a claim that Hill had performed...

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