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NEWMAN v. COAKLEY

No. 6051.

285 A.2d 690 (1972)

Edith NEWMAN, Appellant, v. Charles COAKLEY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob A. Stein, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Glenn A. Mitchell, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

William R. Scanlin, Bethesda, Md., for appellee.

Before FICKLING, GALLAGHER, and REILLY, Associate Judges.

REILLY, Associate Judge:

This appeal challenges an order reducing a jury verdict of $14,000 to $10,000 on the ground that the amount of damages awarded by the jury exceeded the statutory limit of $10,000 applicable to actions begun in the Court of General Sessions, where appellant on May 14, 1967 had filed a negligence suit to recover damages for personal injuries incurred in an automobile accident.

The case did not come to trial until March 10, 1971. At this...

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