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HAUGHTON v. BYERS

Nos. 12358, 14025.

398 A.2d 18 (1979)

Annell B. HAUGHTON, Appellant, v. Theodore BYERS, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald I. Holtz, Rockville, Md., with whom Harold A. Sakayan, Rockville, Md., was on the brief, for appellant.

Leonard C. Greenebaum, Chevy Chase, Md., with whom Thomas Hylden, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

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

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

Appellant seeks review of a jury award in her favor for $7,000. She contends that the trial court, by its extensive questioning of witnesses at trial, deprived her of her right to a fair trial as guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment. We agree and reverse.1

The case arises from an automobile accident in which the appellee admitted liability, leaving...

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