CUNNINGHAM v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 89-898.

584 A.2d 573 (1990)

Nettie CUNNINGHAM, et al., Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greta C. Van Susteren, for appellants. John P. Coale and Phillip B. Allen were on brief, for appellants.

Janet L. Maher, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel and Ann O'Regan Keary, Deputy Corp. Counsel, were on brief, for appellees.

Before FERREN, TERRY, and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Ricky Brogsdale, a parolee under the supervision of the District of Columbia Board of Parole, shot seven women during a six-week period in September and October 1987. Two of the women died; the other five suffered various injuries, some of them extremely serious. The five surviving victims and the estates and next of kin of the two decedents filed this action against the District of Columbia, Dr. Peter Roemer, and "John Doe One through John...

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