Legal Opinion
Medlantic Long Term Care Corp. v. Smith
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 7, 2002No. 99-CV-78PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Helen Smith, the personal representative of the estate of Elizabeth Ferguson, brought a medical malpractice survival action seeking compensatory and punitive damages alleging that the nursing and medical care provided to Ms. Ferguson while she was a patient at Medlantic Man- or in Silver Spring, Maryland, was below the standard of care and proximately caused her death in the District of Columbia. Appellants filed a motion to dismiss on the grounds of forum non conveniens, 1 which was denied “for the reasons stated in plaintiffs opposition.” Appellants claim that the…
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