PFEFFER v. ERNST

No. 1083.

82 A.2d 763 (1951)

PFEFFER v. ERNST et al.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 23, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. O'Neill, Washington, D. C., Kermit L. Sharff, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for appellant.

Stephen G. Ingham, Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and CLAGETT, Associate Judges.


CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Charging that the Broadmoor Hotel had refused to reemploy her as an assistant housekeeper and that such refusal had caused her "mental shock," plaintiff sued for damages. The case was once tried to a jury and a verdict was directed for defendant. The judge who presided at that trial set aside the verdict and granted plaintiff's motion for new trial.

This time the case was presented to another judge on a written stipulation by which jury...

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