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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. ROYAL

No. 82-522.

465 A.2d 367 (1983)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Thelma ROYAL, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Nettler, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Leo A. Roth, Jr., Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before NEBEKER, BELSON and TERRY, Associate Judges.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

On May 13, 1977, a six-year-old child, Sabrina Nicholas, was injured on the grounds of Bancroft Elementary School by a cross-pole which fell off a fence from which the fence fabric had recently been removed. The child's mother, Thelma Royal, sought recovery from both the construction company, Edward M. Crough, Inc. (Crough), and the District of Columbia alleging that the former negligently performed its construction work and the latter negligently...

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