Legal Opinion
Atiba v. Washington Hospital Center
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 17, 2012No. 10-CV-622PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Senior Judge:
On January 26, 2010, Appellant Kwaco Atiba filed a medical malpractice action against appellees Washington Hospital Center (“the Hospital”) and Michelle Grant-Ervin, M.D., relating to services rendered between October 27 and November 2, 2006. The trial court granted the Hospital’s motion for summary judgment based on appellant’s failure to file the complaint within the period allowed by the applicable statute of limitations. Before filing a medical malpractice action, a plaintiff must give “not less than” ninety days’ advance notice to the intended defendants. D.C.Code…
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