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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. MITCHELL

Nos. 84-1299, 84-1471.

533 A.2d 629 (1987)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Bobby Lee MITCHELL, Appellee. Bobby Lee MITCHELL, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Nettler, Asst. Corp. Counsel at the time of argument, with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant, cross-appellee.

Samuel M. Shapiro, with whom David S. Greene and Cassandra P. Hicks, Rockville, Md., were on the brief, for appellee, cross-appellant.

Before FERREN, BELSON, and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Bobby Lee Mitchell, an inmate at Lorton Reformatory, sued to recover damages for injuries allegedly caused by the District of Columbia's negligence in three unrelated occurrences: (1) in July 1979, District employees allegedly failed to secure a ventilation cover in a Lorton dormitory ceiling, causing it to fall on Mitchell's neck and shoulders (count I of the complaint); (2) the District allegedly failed to provide proper treatment following...

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