WASHINGTON WELFARE ASS'N, INC. v. WHEELER

No. 82-1435.

496 A.2d 613 (1985)

WASHINGTON WELFARE ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Zefferine G. WHEELER, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Leon Williams and A. Franklin Anderson, Washington, D.C., were on brief for appellants.

Max M. Goldberg, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before NEBEKER and MACK, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Associate Judge, Retired.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appellee sued appellants, Washington Welfare Association, Inc., a non-profit corporation doing business as Southeast Neighborhood House, and its executive director, Laplois Ashford, for breach of contract, tortious discharge, and libel and slander. The trial court instructed the jury that they should not consider the tortious discharge claim if they found for appellee on the breach of contract count.1 The jury...

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