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JOYNER v. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

No. 12916.

242 F.2d 37 (1957)

Grace JOYNER, Appellant, v. GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur L. Willcher, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Bernard Shankman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Justin L. Edgerton, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. H. Mason Welch, J. Harry Welch, J. Joseph Barse, Charles E. Pledger, Jr., and John F. Mahoney, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. John R. Daily, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before BAZELON, FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant entered upon a jury verdict in a negligence suit. Appellant, leaving the George Washington University Hospital after out-patient treatment, slipped on the icy sidewalk and sustained a fractured hip. She testified that on her way into the hospital a half hour or so earlier, she had noticed that the sidewalk was icy "all the way across," but had "picked" her way. Other witnesses testified that there...

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