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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. ALI-BROWN

No. 86-1365.

562 A.2d 636 (1989)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Virginia ALI-BROWN, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for appellant.

Patrick J. Christmas and Elizabeth H. Hamlin, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for appellee.

Before BELSON and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, and REILLY, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff/appellee Virginia Ali-Brown was awarded compensatory damages for knee injuries she sustained by falling in a hole in a District of Columbia sidewalk, and in a subsequent fall at her place of employment. Plaintiff contended this second fall (which resulted in serious additional injury) was caused by a sudden buckling of the injured knee and was thus a direct result of the initial accident. Before us,...

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