Legal Opinion
Wagner v. Georgetown University Medical Center
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 8, 2001No. 96-CV-1388, 96-CV-1688, 96-CV-1980, 97-CV-1205PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
Irene Wagner awoke from back surgery performed at Georgetown University Medical Center to find herself permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Mrs. Wagner and her husband Francis Wagner sued Georgetown and Arthur I. Kobrine, M.D., the primary operating surgeon, for malpractice. 1 After protracted pretrial proceedings and a three-week trial, a jury returned a defense verdict on all counts.
The Wagners have appealed, raising four claims of error. First, the Wagners challenge the trial court’s ruling that their cause of action for negligent failure to obtain Mrs.…
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