Legal Opinion
Morrison v. MacNamara
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 2, 1979No. 13503, 13504PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
Appellant Morrison, a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action in the trial court, challenges a judgment in favor of appellees, a nationally certified medical laboratory and a medical technician. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his requested jury instruction that the standard of care to which appellees should be held is a national standard as opposed to a local one. He further contends that the trial court erred in permitting the jury to consider the issue of assumption of the risk. We agree with appellant on both contentions and reverse. 1
In Part I, we…
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