Legal Opinion
Giordano v. Sherwood
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 2, 2009No. 05-CV-651PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Associate Judge:
In this medical malpractice ease, the jury awarded appellee Vivia Sherwood approximately $600,000 in damages. Dr. Joseph Giordano appeals, asserting that he was entitled to judgment as a matter of law or, alternatively, that he should be granted a new trial because the court excluded important impeaching evidence. We agree that Dr. Giordano was entitled to judgment as a matter of law and do not reach the second issue.
I. The Factual and Procedural Background
In August 1996, appellant Yivia Sherwood, who was in her mid-thirties at the time, was playing, a game of tag at a…
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