JOHNSON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 92-CV-38.

655 A.2d 316 (1995)

James JOHNSON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 2, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Mudd, for appellant.

Phillip A. Lattimore, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Vanessa Ruiz, Acting Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Juleen E. Savarese, Sp. Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant contends the trial court erred: (1) by not exempting appellant's expert witness from the trial court's sequestration of all witnesses; (2) by allowing appellee's counsel, over objection, to assert in his opening statement that appellant was contributorily negligent; and (3) by denying appellant's motion for a new trial. We affirm the decision of the trial court.

On January 17, 1990, appellant, while being arrested during a domestic conflict...

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