Legal Opinion
President of Georgetown College v. Wheeler
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 19, 2013No. Nos. 12-CV-671, 12-CV-672PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Senior Judge:
This is an appeal by a hospital and a physician from a large judgment against them in a medical malpractice case. Ap-pellee Crystal “Wheeler suffered various medical complications as the result of a Rathke’s cleft cyst behind her left eye, which went undetected for nearly ten years despite its appearance on a 1996 MRI report. “Wheeler brought a medical-malpractice suit against the appellants, Marilyn McPherson-Corder, M.D., and the President and Directors of Georgetown College (“Georgetown”), claiming that their negligence caused the cyst to go undiscovered. Following a…
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