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BANKS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 86-1129.

551 A.2d 1304 (1988)

Joyce M. BANKS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 14, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Intrater, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Susan S. McDonald, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

After spending the evening visiting with a friend and other guests, appellant Banks fell and was injured while descending a common stairway in an apartment house owned by appellee District of Columbia. The stairway was unlighted and lacking in secure handrails in violation of District of Columbia Housing Regulations. 56 DCRR §§ 2409, 2508 (1979), 14 DCMR §§ 505.1, 708.3, 708.11 (1986). A jury by special verdict found...

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