JEFFRIES v. POTOMAC DEVELOPMENT CORP.

No. 86-5357.

822 F.2d 87 (1987)

Jack JEFFRIES v. POTOMAC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Appellant, v. ERWIN F. SIMON & ASSOCIATES and Thomas L. Watson, Third-Party Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Gregg, with whom D'Ana E. Johnson, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellant.

Patrick M. Regan, with whom Joseph H. Koonz, Jr., Roger C. Johnson and Carolyn McKenney, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Charles E. Gallagher, Jr., Upper Marlboro, Md., with whom James M. Heffler, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for third-party defendants.

Before HARRY T. EDWARDS and SILBERMAN, Circuit Judges, and PARKER, Senior District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

The instant appeal arises out of a negligence suit brought by the plaintiff-appellee, Jack Jeffries, against the defendant-appellant, the Potomac Development Corporation ("Potomac"). At all times relevant to this appeal, Potomac was the general contractor on a construction...

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