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LUSTINE-NICHOLSON MOTOR COMPANY v. PETZAL

No. 14908.

268 F.2d 893 (1959)

LUSTINE-NICHOLSON MOTOR COMPANY, Inc., Appellant, v. Ernest PETZAL, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John L. Laskey, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Dyer Justice Taylor, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Leo N. McGuire, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Joseph D. Bulman and Sidney M. Goldstein, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, Chief Judge, and BAZELON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In an action for damages for personal injury the jury returned a verdict of $12,000 for injuries sustained when appellee was leaving appellant's Hyattsville, Maryland, garage, where he had come to have his car repaired. The injury was sustained when his head struck or was struck by a large, electrically actuated overhead door. This much is undisputed. It is also undisputed that appellee walked out almost on the heels of appellant's mechanic, who was going...

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