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LACY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 12858.

424 A.2d 317 (1980)

Esther LACY et al., Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 5, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel M. Shapiro, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

David P. Sutton and Margaret L. Hines, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., at the time the petition was filed, were on the petition, for appellees.

Before KELLY, KERN and MACK, Associate Judges.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellants, mother and daughter, brought a civil action for assault and battery against a school janitor and for negligence against the principal, a teacher and a guidance counsellor at the daughter's school, as well as against the District of Columbia as their employer, for damages allegedly caused by the janitor's sexual assaults. After an initial trial, appellees' motion for a new trial was granted on the grounds that the verdict against...

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