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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HOWELL

No. 90-639.

607 A.2d 501 (1992)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Dedrick HOWELL, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 24, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna M. Murasky, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Rieschel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Stephen Raber, with whom Jeremiah C. Collins, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before FERREN, SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Appellees Dedrick Howell and his parents sued the District of Columbia and The American University for severe injuries which Dedrick sustained because of an accidental explosion during a chemistry class for gifted and talented children at the Ben W. Murch School summer program. After a ten-day trial, a jury found the District of Columbia negligent under each of several alternative theories: (1) the principal of the Murch School, Mary Gill...

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