DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. PACE

Nos. 83-676, 83-677.

498 A.2d 226 (1985)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Carlton PACE, et al., Appellees. John DAWSON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 19, 1985.

As Amended October 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel, John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Richard G. Moore, Washington, D.C., with whom Stephen G. Cochran, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee Carlton Pace.

Dwight D. Murray, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for Eddie Pace. Bernadette Gartrell, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for Calhoun and Dawson.

Before NEBEKER, FERREN and TERRY, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

The District of Columbia (District) appeals from the trial court's order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial. Following a jury trial of four consolidated negligence actions, which arose from an automobile accident, the trial court entered judgment against the District for $350,000.1 The theory of liability on which appellees recovered...

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