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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. WATKINS

Nos. 94-CV-377, 94-CV-422.

684 A.2d 395 (1996)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. O.B. WATKINS, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 31, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Lattimore, III, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Garland Pinkston, Jr., Acting Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellant.

Mark R. Thompson, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and FARRELL, Associate Judge, and MACK, Senior Judge.

WAGNER, Chief Judge:

These consolidated appeals arise out of a negligence suit filed by O.B. Watkins against the District of Columbia (District) alleging that, while he was incarcerated under the District's custody, the District negligently failed to provide him with pain-killing medication as a result of which he suffered temporary paralysis, fell down a flight of steps and sustained severe, permanent injuries. A jury returned a verdict for Watkins in the amount...

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