Miller-McGee v. Washington Hospital Center

920 A.2d 430 (2007)

Angel MILLER-McGEE, Appellant,

v.

WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER, et al., Appellees.

No. 05-CV-1303.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued December 18, 2006.

Decided April 12, 2007.

Gregory L. Lattimer, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Joan F. Brault, with whom Stuart N. Herschfeld, Rockville, MD, was on the brief, for appellees.

Before FISHER, BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, and THOMPSON, Associate Judges.

THOMPSON, Associate Judge:

Appellant Angel Miller-McGee sustained an extensive tear of her perineum during a forceps-assisted vaginal delivery of her first child and thereafter suffered fecal…