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HUGHES v. PENDER

No. 12228.

391 A.2d 259 (1978)

Barbara M. HUGHES, Administratrix of the Estate of Gregory Coleman, Appellant, v. Charles L. PENDER et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 23, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard J. Koenick, Washington, D. C., with whom Philip J. Hirschkop, Alexandria, Va., was on the brief, for appellant.

David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, and Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before KELLY, KERN and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

On the afternoon of August 11, 1972, 16-year-old Gregory Coleman was shot to death by Officer Charles L. Pender of the Metropolitan Police Department. At the time, the deceased was riding away on a bicycle that had been "planted" by Metropolitan Police officers in an effort to apprehend bicycles thieves. Appellant, the decedent's mother, filed suit under both the District of Columbia Wrongful Death Act, D.C.Code 1973, § 16-2701 et...

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