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DUCKETT v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 93-CV-767.

654 A.2d 1288 (1995)

Annie Lee DUCKETT, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 23, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.R. Toney, Bethesda, MD, was on the brief, for appellant.

Vanessa Ruiz, Acting Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Sonia A. Bacchus, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant appeals the court's dismissal of a suit for lack of standing when a mother filed suit in her individual capacity rather than as the personal representative of her deceased son. Plaintiff informed the court that she had begun the process to become the personal representative. Nonetheless, the trial court failed to recognize the ability to substitute the real party in interest under Super.Ct.Civ.R. 17(a) and dismissed the suit. We reverse the trial...

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