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JONES v. HOWARD UNIVERSITY, INC.

No. 87-650.

589 A.2d 419 (1991)

Monica JONES, Appellant, v. HOWARD UNIVERSITY, INC., and Victor F. Scott, M.D., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 16, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Carlin, with whom Daniel E. Schultz was on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Harold E. Jordan, with whom Tomas R. Lopez was on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellee Howard University, Inc.

James M. Heffler, Washington, D.C., for appellee Victor F. Scott, M.D.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, BELSON and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.

BELSON, Associate Judge:

On this appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant hospital and physician, the issue is whether a mother who underwent a diagnostic x-ray and surgery during the first trimester of her pregnancy can recover for the mental distress she experienced out of concern for her health and the health of her unborn twins where the treating physician and hospital were negligent in failing to ascertain and inform her that she was...

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