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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. BANKS

No. 92-CV-928.

646 A.2d 972 (1994)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Ferdinand BANKS, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 18, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief for appellant.

Benjamin F. Saulter, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

A jury awarded Ferdinand Banks $360,000 against the District of Columbia for personal injuries suffered by Banks when his car was struck by a stolen automobile which was being operated by seventeen-year-old Anthony Webb. In order to elude capture by pursuing officers of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), Webb drove recklessly and at a high rate of speed. He eventually ran through several red...

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