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WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP. v. NUTT

No. 13117.

407 A.2d 606 (1979)

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Edgar M. NUTT et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 10, 1979.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Brown, Washington, D.C., with whom Ellen A. Patterson, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Robert J. Stanford, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

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

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

Eleven-year-old Dirickson Nutt fell down an apartment elevator shaft. For injuries sustained, Dirickson and his father, as next friend, sued Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Westinghouse) alleging negligence in design and maintenance of the elevator.1 The jury found in favor of the Nutts, awarding a verdict of $150,000. On appeal Westinghouse challenges the denial of its post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding...

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