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R. & G. ORTHOPEDIC APPLIANCES v. CURTIN

Nos. 89-134, 89-780.

596 A.2d 530 (1991)

R. & G. ORTHOPEDIC APPLIANCES AND PROSTHETICS, INC., Appellant, v. Michael CURTIN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Blondell Brown, Deceased, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angus R. Everton, with whom Roy L. Mason, Baltimore, Md., was on the brief, for appellant.

Sanford A. Friedman, with whom Leo A. Roth, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

In October 1985, the right leg of plaintiff's decedent, Blondell Brown, who was suffering from diabetes, was amputated below the knee. Subsequently, Ms. Brown sought redress for her injury by filing an action for negligence1 against appellant R. & G. Orthopedic Appliances and Prosthetics, Inc. (R. & G.), a supplier of orthopedic shoes, and Howard University (Howard), which operates Howard University Hospital...

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