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BELL v. WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP.

Nos. 84-133, 84-134.

483 A.2d 324 (1984)

Patricia Ann BELL, Appellant, v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Appellee. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Patricia Ann BELL, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Parsons, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Philip J. Walsh, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

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

PRYOR, Chief Judge:

These are cross-appeals from a final judgment following an order granting a new trial in a personal injury action. Plaintiff seeks to reinstate a $65,000 jury verdict in her favor. Defendant has cross-appealed.1 We conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in granting a new trial. Hence, we remand for reinstatement of the jury verdict.

On April 9, 1979, the plaintiff, Mrs. Patricia A. Bell, suffered...

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