DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. MURPHY

No. 92-CV-283.

635 A.2d 929 (1993)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Paul MURPHY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

December 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Samuel M. Shapiro, with whom David C. Merkin, was on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, FARRELL and KING, Associate Judges.


FERREN, Associate Judge:

The District, petitioning for rehearing, contends that we erred in affirming the judgment on the jury's verdict awarding Murphy $260,000 in damages on his claim for false arrest. See District of Columbia v. Murphy, 631 A.2d 34 (D.C.1993).

I.

The District argues that we erroneously based our decision exclusively upon our conclusions from the record that (1) the jury reasonably could...

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