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ROBINSON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 88-923.

580 A.2d 1255 (1990)

Barbara ROBINSON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 8, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald I. Holtz, with whom Harold A. Sakayan, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

James C. McKay, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Acting Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and MACK, Senior Judge.

MACK, Senior Judge:

This case arises from an action by appellant against the District of Columbia ("the District") for damages sustained when she was struck by a vehicle owned and operated by the District. On appeal from a directed verdict in favor of the District, appellant claims that the trial court erred in concluding that she was contributorily negligent as a matter of law and thus barred from recovery. She also challenges the trial court's ruling that the doctrine...

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