Esther Kosberg, Administratrix, Estate of Roberta Ann Clark v. Washington Hospital Center, Inc.

This is a wrongful death, malpractice action. Decedent was a newly married, 22-year-old girl whose medical problems began with symptoms suggestive of pregnancy. She was successively treated by a series of three doctors: a general practitioner, a psychiatrist, and an internist. The general practitioner, a defendant here, treated decedent for “morning sickness” and malnutrition and, when she did not improve significantly, referred her to the psychiatrist for treatment of a suspected emotional problem. The psychiatrist, also a de fendant here, hospitalized decedent in defendant hospital and gave…