LOGAN v. PROVIDENCE HOSP., INC.

No. 98-CV-1095.

778 A.2d 275 (2001)

Carol LOGAN, Individually, and as a Personal Representative of the Estate of Daxi Love, Appellant, v. PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL, INC., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Cunningham, Alexandria, VA, for appellant.

Hugh W. Farrell, Columbia, MD, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and SCHWELB and RUIZ, Associate Judges.


RUIZ, Associate Judge:

This appeal raises the knotty problem whether a non-settling defendant has a right to a credit for a plaintiff's settlement with another defendant, complicated by a choice of law question. Appellant challenges an order of the Superior Court applying District of Columbia law and granting pro tanto reduction of a jury award in her malpractice case against Providence Hospital in the amount of a settlement in a related negligence case in...

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