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RUNYON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 24924.

463 F.2d 1319 (1972)

Charles E. RUNYON, Executor of the Estate of Charles B. Runyon, Deceased, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harvey B. Cohen, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Messrs. Peter A. Greenburg and Lawrence M. Mann, Washington, D. C., also filed appearances for appellant.

Mr. Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Hubert B. Pair, Acting Corp. Counsel at the time the record was filed, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, WILKEY, Circuit Judge, and RONALD N. DAVIES, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.

FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge:

Charles B. Runyon was crossing Key Bridge in this City when the automobile he was driving was struck from the rear by a vehicle driven by Thomas Claffy. After the impact, the Runyon vehicle traveled over the bridge curb, struck a lamp post and fell through the guard rail of the bridge into the Potomac River. Runyon died, as was later determined, of asphyxiation due to drowning. He was survived by his widow, an infant son Clyde, an infant...

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