Legal Opinion
Gordon v. Neviaser
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 29, 1984No. 83-93PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant brought a medical malpractice action against appellee, claiming that appel-lee had not adequately informed him of the risks involved in certain surgery performed on his shoulder. The trial court granted appellee’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of appellant’s case. We hold that the trial court erred, but that the error was harmless because the court would have had to grant the motion for a different reason. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment in favor of appellee.
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In November 1976 appellant injured his left shoulder while skiing. An arthrogram of…
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