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MORGAN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 85-5331, 85-5709.

824 F.2d 1049 (1987)

Andrew Ellsworth MORGAN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant (Two Cases).

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlotte Brookins-Pruitt, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John H. Suda, Acting Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant in Nos. 85-5331 and 85-5709.

Stephen L. Braga, with whom Randall J. Turk, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee in Nos. 85-5331 and 85-5709.

Before MIKVA, STARR, Circuit Judges, and McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a jury verdict that awarded Andrew Ellsworth Morgan, a former inmate of the District of Columbia Jail (the Jail), $75,000 in damages for injuries he sustained in a fight with another inmate while incarcerated at the Jail. Morgan had sued the District of Columbia, alleging negligence and violations of 42 U...

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