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PITTS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 12673.

391 A.2d 803 (1978)

Sharon Lee Johnson PITTS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 11, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur S. Meisnere and Greg S. Friedman, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Dennis McDaniel, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant brought suit against the District of Columbia on the ground that the District's negligent maintenance of a stairway in the public housing unit in which she lived resulted in the death of her three-year-old daughter. Allegedly, the child fell into the stairwell through an opening in the balustrade created by a missing baluster. On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erroneously granted the District's motion for summary judgment...

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