SCOTT v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 84-136.

493 A.2d 319 (1985)

Sharon Currie SCOTT, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Ain, Rockville, Md., for appellant.

William J. Earl, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel, John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

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


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Two issues are presented on this appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred when it granted summary judgment for the District of Columbia and Metropolitan Police Officer Patrick Benton on appellant Sharon Currie Scott's claim of false arrest and imprisonment, and (2) whether in her amended complaint appellant sufficiently stated a claim of negligence against the District of Columbia to pursue that claim. Finding no error, we affirm.

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