MOSS v. STOCKARD

Nos. 88-358 to 88-360.

580 A.2d 1011 (1990)

Orby Z. MOSS, Jr., Appellant, v. Bessie A. STOCKARD, Appellee. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellants, v. Bessie A. STOCKARD, Appellee. Bessie A. STOCKARD, Appellant, v. Orby Z. MOSS, Jr., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna M. Murasky, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellant in No. 88-358 and appellants in No. 88-359, and for appellees in No. 88-360.

John E. Scheuermann, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance on behalf of appellant Moss, and adopted the briefs of appellants in Nos. 88-358 and 88-359 and appellees in No. 88-360.

John M. Clifford, with whom John M. Delaney, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee in Nos. 88-358 and 88-359 and appellant in No. 88-360.

Before BELSON, STEADMAN, and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

This is a consolidated appeal arising from a jury verdict in favor of Bessie A. Stockard on claims of slander and breach of contract against defendants Orby Z. Moss, Jr., the Athletic Director of the University of the District of Columbia, the Board of Trustees of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), and the District of Columbia (the District). Moss, UDC, and the District appeal from the trial judge's refusal to grant in their...

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