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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. BETHEL

Nos. 88-1045, 88-1626.

567 A.2d 1331 (1990)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Daniel BETHEL, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 5, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Samuel M. Shapiro, with whom Cassandra P. Hicks, Rockville, Md., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, SCHWELB, and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

The District of Columbia appeals on several grounds from a million dollar judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of Daniel Bethel, an inmate at the Central Facility at Lorton prison. Finding no error, we affirm.

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Bethel was severely injured when he was stabbed by another inmate, Carter, with a "shank."1 Bethel was asleep in his dormitory at...

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