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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. BROWN

Nos. 88-319, 88-1636.

589 A.2d 384 (1991)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Mary C. BROWN, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 3, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

John F. Conroy, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before BELSON, STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

BELSON, Associate Judge:

Nineteen-year-old Dwight Covington, a 320—pound former football player, intentionally drove his left shoulder against an elevator door in a public housing project. The door gave way and he fell to the bottom of the elevator shaft. Tragically, he suffered serious injuries and died after declining blood transfusions for religious reasons. His mother, appellee Mary C. Brown, was awarded a $300,000 jury verdict against appellant District...

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