Legal Opinion
Colbert v. Georgetown University
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1994No. 91-CV-100PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
In this medical malpractice case, the trial judge granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Georgetown University Hospital and Thomas C. Lee, M.D., holding, inter alia, that the action was barred by the District’s three-year statute of limitations. A divided panel of this court reversed the judgment. Colbert v. Georgetown University, 623 A.2d 1244 (D.C.1993) (Colbert I). We granted the defendants’ petition for rehearing en bane, and now affirm the decision of the trial court.
I
THE FACTS1
In July 1982 Susan Colbert felt a lump in her left breast. She went to…
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