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PHILLIPS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 81-687.

458 A.2d 722 (1983)

Thomas M. PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Silberberg, McLean, Va., for appellant.

Richard B. Nettler, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., for appellees the District of Columbia, Charles Williams, and Michael D. Gallahan; Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and William J. Earl, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief for these appellees.

James W. Pressler, Jr., Washington, D.C., for appellee John W. Ridenour.

Before KERN, BELSON and TERRY, Associate Judges.

BELSON, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court denying a motion to alter, vacate or amend an earlier order that remitted by $9,739.35 a $10,000 jury verdict in appellant's favor on a false arrest count without affording him the option of rejecting the remittitur and obtaining a new trial on the issue of damages. The order of remittitur had the effect of vacating in its entirety the jury's award for appellant's loss of liberty, and left...

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