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HEDGEPETH v. WHITMAN WALKER CLINIC

No. 07-CV-158.

22 A.3d 789 (2011)

Terry HEDGEPETH, Appellant, v. WHITMAN WALKER CLINIC and Mary Fanning, M.D., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 30, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan C. Dailey , with whom Robert C. Kostecka and David P. Korteling , Bethesda, MD, were on the brief, for appellant.

Marc Fiedler , with whom Laurie A. Amell , Washington, DC, was on the brief, for the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., as amicus curiae in support of appellant.

Alfred F. Belcuore , Washington, DC, for appellees.

Kenneth H. Rosenau filed a brief on behalf of the Children's National Medical Center as amicus curiae in support of appellees.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, RUIZ, GLICKMAN, FISHER, BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, THOMPSON, and OBERLY, Associate Judges, REID and KRAMER, Associate Judges, Retired, and FARRELL, Senior Judge.

RUIZ, Associate Judge:

Appellant Terry Hedgepeth alleges that he suffered serious emotional distress after the doctor he saw at the Whitman Walker Clinic negligently informed him that he was HIV positive when, in fact, he was not. Appellant presented evidence that, as a result of the mistaken diagnosis, he was severely clinically depressed and suffered repercussions in his employment and personal life until another clinic correctly informed him that he was not afflicted...

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