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POSADA v. KILPATRICK

No. 85-1523.

547 A.2d 163 (1988)

Juan G. POSADA, Jr., M.D., and Georgetown University Hospital, Appellants, v. Vivian KILPATRICK, Individually and as Personal Representative for Otis E. Kilpatrick, deceased, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Alan Galbraith, with whom Dianne Jean Smith, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Benjamin W. Glass, III, with whom Brian C. Shevlin and Joan E. Jennings, Arlington, Va., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, ROGERS, and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Dr. Juan G. Posada, Jr., and Georgetown University Hospital appeal from a jury verdict finding them negligent in ordering a lymphangiogram that eventually necessitated amputating the left leg of Otis E. Kilpatrick, appellee's late husband. They argue that the trial court erred in denying their motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, for they say, among other reasons, that expert testimony did not support the finding of negligence...

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