SIMMS v. DIXON

No. 6148.

291 A.2d 184 (1972)

Cheryl D. SIMMS, a minor, by her mother and next friend, Dorcas G. Simms and Dorcas G. Simms, Appellants, v. Herbert C. DIXON and American Liberty Insurance Company, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 22, 1972.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 5, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Lopata and William H. Seckinger, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

John Llewellyn Hone, Washington, D. C., for appellee Dixon.

Charles B. Sullivan, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellee American Liberty Ins. Co., adopting the brief of appellee Dixon.

Before KELLY, FICKLING and PAIR, Associate Judges.


FICKLING, Associate Judge.

This case arises from a collision between automobiles driven by appellant Cheryl Simms and appellee Herbert Dixon. Appellant contends that the trial judge erred in refusing to admit into evidence six photographs of appellant's automobile taken after the collision. We agree, and, therefore, reverse.

During the trial there was an irreconcilable conflict between the testimony of appellant and appellee. Appellee testified that the collision...

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