WILLIAMS v. AUERBACH

No. 5824.

285 A.2d 701 (1972)

George R. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. Manuel AUERBACH, t/a Auerbach & Company, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Hammond Thomas, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Jacob S. Levin, Langley Park, Md., for appellee.

Before FICKLING, GALLAGHER, and REILLY, Associate Judges.


REILLY, Associate Judge:

This appeal challenges a directed verdict for defendant in a negligence action brought by the lessee of a single house against his landlord for injuries incurred when ceiling plaster in one of the bedrooms fell on him. The lessee, after submitting evidence with regard to the circumstances and extent of his injuries and that about a month previous to the accident he had complained to the landlord's agent about a crack in the ceiling, rested...

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