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INTERNATIONAL SEC. CORP. OF VA. v. McQUEEN

No. 84-1006.

497 A.2d 1076 (1985)

INTERNATIONAL SECURITY CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA, Appellant, v. Butterfly McQUEEN, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Metz, Washington, D.C., with whom Philip L. Cohan, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant.

Robert W. Mance, Washington, D.C., with whom Leslie R. Crawford was on brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, TERRY, and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

In this civil action for assault and battery, the jury found for plaintiff-appellee and awarded $60,000 in compensatory damages for physical and mental suffering. Defendant-appellant contends on appeal that the trial court acted improperly when, sua sponte, it vacated the new trial order it had entered shortly after trial and reinstated the jury verdict. Because we conclude that the trial court did not err in reversing itself, that...

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