Legal Opinion
Haidak v. Corso
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 29, 2004No. 02-CV-892, 02-CV-925PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Senior Judge:
These consolidated appeals arise out of a jury tried medical malpractice suit filed by appellant, Dr. David Haidak, against his surgeon, Dr. Paul Corso, and the Washington Hospital Center (the Center), alleging that, after undergoing coronary bypass surgery, they negligently failed to provide proper care and failed properly to treat Dr. Haidak’s ischemic optic neuropathy (ION — a process in which the optic nerve is starved of oxygen and which can, and in this case did, result in degrees of blindness). The jury, by a special verdict, decided that Dr. Corso and the Center…
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