HARRIS v. OMELON

No. 08-CV-1025.

985 A.2d 1103 (2009)

Theodore P. HARRIS, Appellant, v. Jerry A. OMELON, M.D., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 3, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore P. Harris, pro se.

Andrew J. Spence, with whom Stephen L. Altman, Fairfax, VA, was on the brief, for appellee.

Before RUIZ and OBERLY, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.


NEWMAN, Senior Judge:

Holding that there was a lack of personal jurisdiction, the trial court dismissed this malpractice claim against a Virginia doctor whose only connection with the District of Columbia shown of record was a single phone call to a D.C. pharmacy to relay a prescription order for a patient. We affirm.

On the morning of September 20, 2004, Harris was at home in Washington, D.C. watching television when he saw an advertisement by The George...

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