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DOBBS v. PROVIDENCE HOSP.

No. 98-CV-310.

736 A.2d 216 (1999)

Carrie B. DOBBS, Appellant, v. PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL, Georgetown University Hospital, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Anderson was on the brief for appellant.

Hugh W. Farrell was on the brief for appellee Providence Hospital.

Dane H. Butswinkas and R. Hackney Wiegmann, Washington, DC, were on the brief for appellee Georgetown University Hospital.

Before STEADMAN and REID, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge.

Carrie B. Dobbs, survivor and next of kin of J.B. Dobbs, deceased, appeals the trial court's dismissal of her medical malpractice case during the course of trial for want of prosecution. The trial court dismissed her case on the second day of trial when Dobbs's remaining witnesses, particularly her expert, were not available to testify. Dobbs's case had been dismissed once already pre-trial for failure to prosecute, although the case was...

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