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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. DOE

No. 85-1219.

524 A.2d 30 (1987)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Jane DOE, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michele Giuliani, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John H. Suda, Acting Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant.

Elizabeth H. Hamlin, with whom Patrick J. Christmas, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellees.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

PRYOR, Chief Judge:

The District of Columbia appeals the jury verdict in favor of Jane Doe and her mother and next friend, Mary Doe, who brought a negligence claim against the District after an unknown intruder gained access to the Plummer Elementary School and abducted and raped Jane, a fourth grade student at the school. At the close of plaintiffs' case, the District of Columbia moved for a directed verdict, arguing,

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