Legal Opinion

Central Dispensary & Emergency Hospital, Inc. v. Harbaugh

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 4, 1949No. 9814PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a civil action for malpractice of medicine, professional negligence, and false arrest. Trial was had before a jury and a verdict rendered for the-plaintiff-appellee.

Appellants argue that the court erred in submitting the case to- the jury, on the ground that there was no evidence from which the jury could determine that the defendants were negligent. We have no manner of doubt that there was sufficient evidence on this score. But we are of opinion, as appellants also argue, that the trial court erred in a substantial respect in its instruction to the jury. For…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Winstead v. HildenbrandCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Peter L. Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  2. Bourgeois v. Dade CountySupreme Court of Florida · 1957

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