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FLOWERS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 82-133.

478 A.2d 1073 (1984)

Geraldine FLOWERS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 12, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry H. Gottfried, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

John Lewis Smith III, Lee T. Ellis, Jr., Jeffrey S. Holik, and Andrew O. Eshelman, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for amicus curiae, The Medical Society of the District of Columbia.

Before FERREN, Associate Judge, and PAIR and KERN, Associate Judges, Retired.

KERN, Associate Judge, Retired:

This appeal comes to the court upon an Agreed Statement in lieu of the Record on Appeal pursuant to DCCA Rule 10(k). According to the agreed statement of facts, after the birth of appellant's third child, appellant and the father of two of her children determined that they could not afford additional children. Therefore, on May 9, 1978, appellant underwent a laparoscopic cauterization to prevent her from becoming pregnant in the future...

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