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WORTHY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 91-169.

601 A.2d 581 (1991)

Earnest WORTHY, et ux., Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 18, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Kopstein, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

James C. McKay, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM:

In this suit for negligence against the District of Columbia arising from an accident in which appellant allegedly stepped into an uncovered manhole, the trial court dismissed the complaint because appellant had failed to give proper written notice of the place of the alleged injury, in accordance with D.C.Code § 12-309 (1989). We affirm.

The written notice given by appellant consisted of the following letter sent to the Mayor approximately...

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