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DIST. OF COLUMBIA v. SHANNON

No. 95-CV-471.

696 A.2d 1359 (1997)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Janie SHANNON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin B. White, 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 appellant.

David P. Sutton, Washington, DC, with whom Steven M. Cooper and Douglas J. Adams, Silver Spring, MD, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, STEADMAN, and KING, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

A jury awarded Janie Shannon, individually and as next friend of her minor daughter, Terra Hughes, $550,000 to compensate her for the loss of Hughes' thumb after it was severed in an accident on a playground slide maintained by the District. On appeal, the District argues that (1) Shannon failed to establish that the District violated the appropriate standard of care, and that (2) the trial court erred by denying the District's request for...

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