Legal Opinion
Carmichael v. Carmichael
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 15, 1991No. 89-1524PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Chief Judge:
In this appeal from a judgment of divorce and medical malpractice, appellant Douglass Carmichael contends that the trial judge erred in finding that appellant’s malpractice caused harm to appellee Fredri-ca Carmichael, and that the judge abused his discretion in distributing the marital property. We agree that the evidence of causation was insufficient to support a finding of malpractice. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment for appellee on the malpractice claim; otherwise we affirm.
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The trial judge, sitting as trier-of-fact, found that in January 1982, appellee Fre-drica…
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