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MATTHEWS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 11476.

387 A.2d 731 (1978)

Theodore Bruce MATTHEWS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 31, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Adams, Silver Spring, Md., with whom Steven M. Cooper, Silver Spring, Md., was on the brief, for appellant.

David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Louis P. Robbins, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Margaret L. Hines, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KERN and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

Appellant, an inmate of Lorton Reformatory, sued the District of Columbia for damages based on alleged negligence in inmate supervision and general prison security which rendered appellant vulnerable to knife attack by unidentified fellow inmates. The jury returned a verdict for appellant and awarded $15,000 in damages. The trial court subsequently granted appellee's motion for judgment n. o. v., and this appeal followed. Appellant contends on...

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