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HACKETT v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 4893.

264 A.2d 298 (1970)

Eloyce R. HACKETT, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shellie F. Bowers, Washington, D. C., with whom Carlisle E. Pratt and Theodore R. Newman, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, for appellee. Charles T. Duncan, Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair, Princ. Asst. Corp. Counsel, Richard W. Barton and Lewis D. Clarke, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief for appellee.

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

HOOD, Chief Judge.

Appellant, while proceeding across a crosswalk, stepped on a manhole cover and fell partially into the manhole. She brought suit against the District of Columbia, the owner of the manhole. The trial court sitting with a jury directed a verdict against appellant at the close of her case. Thus our review is concerned with whether, on a most favorable view of appellant's evidence, "there is any [evidence] upon which a jury could properly find a verdict...

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