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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. SMITH

No. 93-CV-55.

642 A.2d 140 (1994)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Helen P. SMITH, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Goldstein, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel and Martin L. Grossman, Deputy Corp. Counsels, were on the brief, for appellant.

Howard L. Siegel, for appellee.

Before KING and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges, and MACK, Senior Judge.

KING, Associate Judge:

In this negligence action, seeking recovery for injuries sustained in a fall apparently caused by a loose water meter cover, the District of Columbia appeals the trial court's denial of its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We hold the trial court erred in not granting the District's motion and, therefore, we reverse and remand.

I.

On May 1, 1989, Helen P. Smith ("Appellee") fell after stepping on an apparently...

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