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GRANT v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 88-752.

597 A.2d 366 (1991)

William A. GRANT, in re Estate of Kylisha and Charlie Halfacre, Jr., Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Parsons, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, FARRELL and WAGNER, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This appeal arises out of the deaths of two young children in a fire in a public housing building owned by the District. A survival action was brought against the District on the theory of negligence with respect to the fire alarm system in the complex. In a general verdict,1 the jury found for the District and against the plaintiff, the personal representative of the estates of the two children.

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