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HINCH v. LUCY WEBB HAYES NAT. TRAINING

No. 01-CV-1297.

814 A.2d 926 (2003)

Paget Wilson HINCH, Appellant, v. LUCY WEBB HAYES NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DEACONESSES and MISSIONARIES CONDUCTING SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 9, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim M. DiGiovanni, Bowie, MD, for appellant.

Adam W. Smith, Washington, DC, with whom Gary W. Brown was on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, SCHWELB and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This medical malpractice case tests the scope of what is generally called the "sham affidavit" doctrine. The trial court granted the summary judgment motion of appellee Sibley Memorial Hospital on the ground that appellant Hinch had failed to establish by expert medical testimony that Sibley's alleged negligence had caused Hinch's claimed injuries. The trial court did so notwithstanding the fact that a medical expert by affidavit attached...

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