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MEDLANTIC LONG TERM CARE v. SMITH

No. 99-CV-78.

791 A.2d 25 (2002)

MEDLANTIC LONG TERM CARE CORP., et al., Appellants, v. Helen SMITH, Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF Elizabeth FERGUSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 7, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert D. Brault, with whom Regina A. Casey, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellants.

John J. Sellinger, with whom Brian J. Gillette, Silver Spring, MD, was on the brief, for appellee.

Before RUIZ and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.

RUIZ, Associate Judge:

Helen Smith, the personal representative of the estate of Elizabeth Ferguson, brought a medical malpractice survival action seeking compensatory and punitive damages alleging that the nursing and medical care provided to Ms. Ferguson while she was a patient at Medlantic Manor in Silver Spring, Maryland, was below the standard of care and proximately caused her death in the District of Columbia. Appellants filed a motion to dismiss on the grounds...

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