Legal Opinion
Miller-McGee v. Washington Hospital Center
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 12, 2007No. 05-CV-1303PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Associate Judge:
Appellant Angel Miller-McGee sustained an extensive tear of her perineum during a forceps-assisted vaginal delivery of her first child and thereafter suffered fecal incontinence, necessitating a series of corrective surgeries. She appeals from the trial court’s order dismissing, with prejudice, the action in which she sought to pursue a claim that the defendant hospital and obstetrician performed the assisted delivery without her informed consent. The trial court dismissed the action on the ground that Miller-McGee had failed to amend her complaint to add the lack of…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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