Legal Opinion
Burke v. Groover, Christie & Merritt, P.C.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 21, 2011No. 07-CV-1407, 07-CV-1420PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
After suffering a stroke in October of 2000, appellant sued appellees for medical malpractice. Following a jury verdict and judgment for appellant on March 19, 2004, appellees challenged application of District of Columbia law to the amount of non-economic damages allowed; and, on appeal, we agreed that the Maryland cap on non-economic damages applied to appellant’s claim. See Drs. Groover, Christie & Merritt, P.C. v. Burke, 917 A.2d 1110, 1119 (D.C.2007). Following the first appeal, the judgment was paid on March 23, 2007, three years after the original jury verdict was…
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