Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Bernard
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 10, 1978No. 11817PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from a jury verdict for the defendant in a wrongful death action. Appellant assigns as error (1) the trial court’s refusal to grant a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, and (2) the denial of a jury instruction on the issue of medical abandonment. Finding no error, we affirm.
On September 2, 1975, Ossie Diane Johnson, a healthy 21-year-old woman, entered the offices of Dr. Bernard, an oral surgeon, for a tooth extraction. In an attempt to save the tooth, the doctor suggested a root canal procedure. With…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Bernadette Ascher v. Jose E. Gutierrez, M.D. A/K/A Joseph E. Gutierrez, M.D.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Burroughs v. CrichtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1919
- Bayne v. RichardsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
3Cited by10 opinions
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- National Rifle Ass'n v. AilesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- Haidak v. CorsoDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2004
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