Legal Opinion
Garfield Memorial Hospital v. Marshall Marshall v. O'DOnnell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 30, 1953No. 10984, 10808PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
Noel Frances Marshall suffered an injury which produced an intracranial hemorrhage when she was prematurely born in Garfield Memorial Hospital January 23, 1947. As a result she is in a spastic condition, ninety per cent deficient and incurable. Through her father, George C. Marshall, as next friend, she sued the hospital, alleging its negligent failure to provide proper carfe and attention during Mrs. Marshall’s labor and delivery caused the injury and produced the spastic condition. Mar-, shall also sued in his individual capacity. The jury awarded $55,000 to…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lavender v. KurnSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Christie v. CallahanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Rice v. California Lutheran HospitalCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- Wood v. Samaritan Institution, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1945
- Valentin v. La Societe FrancaiseCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Jerry W. Canterbury v. William Thornton Spence and the Washington Hospital Center, a Body CorporateCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Morrison v. MacNamaraDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Adamski v. Tacoma General HospitalCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1978
- Esther Kosberg, Administratrix, Estate of Roberta Ann Clark v. Washington Hospital Center, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- William J. Emmett, Administrator of the Estate of Joseph N. Emmett v. Eastern Dispensary and Casualty HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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