Legal Opinion
Sponaugle v. Pre-Term, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 13, 1980No. 13733PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
Appellants, plaintiffs below, lost their medical malpractice suit in a jury trial. They argue here that it was error for. the trial court to require their medical expert to state his opinion in terms of a “reasonable medical certainty” as to what was “the” (as opposed to “a”) proximate cause of their injury. Because the record as a whole does not reveal that appellants’ case was restricted in this manner, we affirm.
Judith Ann Sponaugle obtained an abortion from Pre-Term, Inc., performed by its employee Dr. Kim, both appellees here. At the time of the abortion, an…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- McMahon v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Christie v. CallahanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Esther Kosberg, Administratrix, Estate of Roberta Ann Clark v. Washington Hospital Center, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Quin v. George Washington UniversityDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Washington Hospital Center v. ButlerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
9 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by49 opinions
- Carl v. Children's HospitalDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- Washington v. Washington Hospital CenterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Meek v. ShepardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Psychiatric Institute of Washington v. AllenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Russell T. Fitzgerald v. Preston C. Manning, Jr., M. D.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1982
44 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.