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SMITH v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 12119, 12120.

399 A.2d 213 (1979)

Sidney SMITH, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al., Appellees. WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER et al., Appellants, v. Sidney SMITH, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Palmer Ifill, Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 12119 and appellee in No. 12120.

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the case was briefed and argued, and Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees District of Columbia, et al., in No. 12119.

Hal H. Thurston, with whom J. Joseph Barse, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for Washington Hospital Center, et al., appellees in No. 12119 and appellants in No. 12120.

Before GALLAGHER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges, and MOULTRIE, Chief Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

Sidney Smith sued the Washington Hospital Center (WHC) and three of its employees — Sergeant Joseph Brock, Nurse Nona Dickson and Nurse Doreen Dixon — for slander and for procuring his false arrest and false imprisonment. He also sued the District of Columbia and one of its employees — Officer James Trainor — for assault and battery and for false arrest and false imprisonment...

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