HENTZ v. CBI-FAIRMAC CORP.

No. 79-1168.

445 A.2d 1004 (1982)

Dorothy Janell HENTZ, Appellant, v. CBI-FAIRMAC CORP., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy J. Hentz, pro se.

No brief was filed for appellees.

Before MACK and PRYOR, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.


MACK, Associate Judge:

In this appeal, we consider the narrow issue of whether a trial court properly may grant a party's motion for a directed verdict based solely upon the opposing party's opening statement. In the context of this case, we find the court could not do so and therefore reverse and remand for trial.

This appeal arises out of a small claims action and civil claim based on a long standing landlord-tenant relationship. Appellee CBI-Fairmac Corporation...

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