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CLARK v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 95-CV-142.

708 A.2d 632 (1997)

Frankie CLARK, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 18, 1997.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan Hallmon, Bethesda, MD, for appellant.

James C. McKay, Jr., Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Charles F.C. Ruff, Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellees.

Before TERRY, STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This case arises from the suicide of appellant Frankie Clark's fourteen-year-old son K.F. that occurred while K.F. was in the custody of the appellee District of Columbia at the Receiving Home for Children ("Receiving Home"). Following a two-week jury trial, the trial court granted the District's motion for directed verdict on appellant's negligence claim. Because appellant failed to prove a violation of the requisite national standard of...

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