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WEINER v. KNELLER

No. 86-1322.

557 A.2d 1306 (1989)

John WEINER, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Denise Weiner, Appellant, v. Martin S. KNELLER, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert X. Perry, Jr., Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Kevin M. Murphy, with whom L. Palmer Foret, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, MACK, Associate Judge, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.

MACK, Associate Judge:

On November 8, 1985 Denise Weiner died of a progressive malignant lesion of the chest called a diffuse histiocytic lymphona. Before her death, Mrs. Weiner sought diagnosis and treatment by defendant-appellees, physicians at the Yater Clinic. The physicians misread initial x-rays and misdiagnosed the illness. On January 9, 1986, decedent's widower, John Weiner, amended a prior action1 alleging medical malpractice...

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