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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. SMITH

No. 5285.

271 A.2d 786 (1970)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Ruth SMITH, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 22, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Nedrich, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Hubert B. Pair, Acting Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellant.

David S. Greene, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and FICKLING and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Chief Judge:

Appellee brought this action against her landlord, Wire Properties, Inc., and the District of Columbia for damages on account of injuries suffered when she slipped and fell on the snow and iced-covered sidewalk in front of her apartment residence. At trial the court directed a verdict in favor of the landlord, but submitted the case against the District of Columbia to the jury which returned a verdict in...

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