Legal Opinion
Dennis v. Jones
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 19, 2007No. 04-CV-841PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Associate Judge:
Dr. Robert H. Dennis, a plastic surgeon, appeals from a jury verdict in a medical malpractice action. He principally complains that the Superior Court erroneously refused to give a jury instruction on assumption of risk in addition to the contributory negligence instruction which was given. Even assuming the court should have given the requested instruction, its failure to do so was harmless on the record presented. Therefore, we affirm.
I. Factual Background
In February 1999, appellee Hazel Jones began consulting Dr. Dennis about whether plastic surgery could relieve…
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