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WASHINGTON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 13095.

429 A.2d 1362 (1981)

Delores WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. O'Bryant, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Louis P. Robbins, Acting Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time of en banc argument, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time of en banc argument, were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, KELLY, KERN, NEBEKER, HARRIS, MACK, FERREN, and PRYOR, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Associate Judge, Retired.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

This case presents two questions: (1) whether a letter from counsel advising the District of Columbia that appellant had suffered injuries from a fall in a public housing unit satisfied the requirements of D.C. Code 1973, § 12-309, that a claimant, within six months of the injury, must give written notice of the "cause, and circumstances" (as well as the place and approximate time)1; and, if so, (2) whether...

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