Legal Opinion
Graff v. Malawer
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 1991No. 90-454PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge, Retired:
Appellant Ernest Graff appeals the trial court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of appellees, Martin M. Malawer, M.D., and the Children’s Hospital National Medical Center. 1 Graff’s principal contentions are that a hemipelvectomy (leg amputation) was performed on him without his informed consent and that the record evidence shows material issues of fact regarding the issue of informed consent. We affirm.
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On September 12, 1985, Graff, a fifty-eight year-old male, consulted George P. Bogumill, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Georgetown University Hospital,…
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