CARTER v. SAXON

No. 9056.

358 A.2d 639 (1976)

Annie CARTER, Appellant, v. Mrs. George E. SAXON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 24, 1976.

Rehearing and Rehearing en Banc Denied September 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Kenneth Mundy, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Albert F. Beasley, and Mark G. Griffin, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before KERN, NEBEKER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


HARRIS, Associate Judge:

The trial court dismissed appellant's negligence action against appellee based upon the contention that appellant did not make a timely motion for substitution of parties pursuant to Superior Court Civil Rule 25. We conclude that the court erred, and reverse.

Appellant was employed by appellee as a housemaid one day per week. On February 2, 1972, when she was arriving for work, she allegedly slipped and fell on Mrs. Saxon's ice-covered...

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