TILGHMAN v. JOHNSON

No. 84-1758.

513 A.2d 1350 (1986)

Vernice TILGHMAN, Appellant, v. Mary T. JOHNSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Gentile, with whom Harry W. Goldberg, Chevy Chase, Md., was on brief, for appellant.

Elizabeth J. Haegelin, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, TERRY, Associate Judge, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal comes from a directed verdict for defendant at the end of plaintiff's case in a suit for damages arising from an automobile collision. Appellant argues that the grant of the motion was improper because appellant was not, as the court held, contributorily negligent as a matter of law. We agree and reverse.

There was testimony submitted in the plaintiff's case that on April 18, 1982, at 9:15 a.m., appellant, Vernice Tilghman, was driving...

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