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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. COOPER

No. 81-1193.

483 A.2d 317 (1984)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Steven COOPER, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Samuel M. Shapiro, Washington, D.C., with whom Irwin G. Meiselman, Rockville, Md., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and PRYOR and TERRY, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

In March 1977 an unknown assailant shot Steven Cooper and a fellow inmate at Lorton Reformatory. Cooper filed suit against the District of Columbia, seeking damages for its alleged negligence and medical malpractice. A jury found for Cooper on the first claim, awarding him $25,000, and for the District on the second. Cooper appealed from the ensuing judgment, contending that the trial court had erroneously limited the jury's consideration of...

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