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VAN MAN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 93-CV-333.

663 A.2d 1245 (1995)

Truong VAN MAN, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Zukerberg, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Phillip A. Lattimore III, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corporation Counsel at the time and Vanessa Ruiz, Principal Deputy Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, STEADMAN, Associate Judge, and BOWERS, Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Truong Van Man appeals the dismissal with prejudice of his personal injury suit against the District. Although his counsel was present, Van Man himself failed to appear on the day his trial was scheduled, normally one of the most serious lapses a plaintiff can commit. Nonetheless, given the unusual congeries of difficulties presented by the record here in light of our existing case law, we reverse the order of dismissal.

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