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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. COLEMAN

196 S.E.2d 926 (1973)

214 Va. 12

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. Lonnie COLEMAN.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 11, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Schaffer, Richmond, David P. Sutton, Washington, D. C. (J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., Richmond, Royce A. Spence, Falls Church, Frederic Lee Ruck, Washington, D. C., Sands, Anderson, Marks & Clarke, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Peter A. Cerick, Marshall A. Martin, Herndon, Jr., for defendant in error.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Lonnie Coleman (Coleman or plaintiff) recovered a verdict for $300,000 against the District of Columbia (defendant) upon which the trial court entered judgment.

The assignments of error by the defendant raise many issues, one being the jurisdiction of the trial court to entertain this action. But the plaintiff's own testimony, as a matter of law, convicts him of negligence which was a proximate cause...

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