Legal Opinion
Stager v. Schneider
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 28, 1985No. 84-833PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Associate Judge:
This appeal arises from rulings made by the trial court in a medical malpractice action where the jury verdict was for the defendant, Dr. Schneider. Mrs. Stager contends that Judge Goodrich erred in three separate areas: (1) by submitting an issue of contributory negligence to the jury; (2) in his rulings denying her requests for instructions: (a) that a physician has a duty to inform a patient of test results, and (b) one on calculus of risks; (3) by giving two instructions to which she objected: (a) that expert testimony was needed to establish each element of her…
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