Legal Opinion
Kling v. Peters
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 19, 1989No. 88-49PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Dr. Robert Kling, an ophthalmologist and ophthalmic surgeon, performed a cataract operation on Henry Peters’ right eye. Subsequent medical problems affecting the eye led to three more operations, one by Dr. Kling and two by a different surgeon. All these efforts proved unavailing, however, and Mr. Peters lost all vision in his right eye.
Mr. Peters then brought this medical malpractice action, alleging that Dr. Kling was negligent in failing to make use of certain instruments and tests to diagnose post-operative inflammation in the eye, and in failing to refer his…
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