EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY v. GRAY

No. 2868.

179 A.2d 377 (1962)

The EVENING STAR NEWSPAPER COMPANY, a corporation, and John Horan, Appellants, v. Ruth H. GRAY and Chester H. Gray, Appellees.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis L. Casey, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellants.

David G. Bress, Washington, D. C., with whom Lucien Hilmer and J. H. Krug, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, QUINN, Associate Judge, and MYERS, Associate Judge of The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, sitting by designation.


HOOD, Chief Judge.

This case arose when defendant's van collided with the rear of another car, driving that car into the car in which plaintiff Ruth Gray was a passenger. Suit was filed in the United States District Court, seeking damages of $50,000 for Mrs. Gray and $20,000 for her husband. The case was certified to the Municipal Court1 under Code 1961, § 11-756(a), and tried there solely on the issue of damages, the defendant admitting...

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