Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Morris
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 10, 1976No. 10793PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
This appeal challenges the grant to ap-pellee of summary judgment in the District of Columbia’s suit to recover the costs of care and treatment incurred by appellee’s infant daughter while she was a patient in (D.C. General Hospital. 1 The motion was granted because the District had failed to file the instant claim for recovery as a compulsory counterclaim under Rule 13(a) in a prior malpractice action filed against it by appellees. 2 We affirm.
The salient facts are that in October of 1974, appellee Morris sued the District of Columbia for alleged negligence in the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Seligson v. Plum Tree, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
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3Cited by6 opinions
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