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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. TINKER

No. 93-CV-1020.

691 A.2d 57 (1997)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant v. Joseph E. TINKER, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Samuel M. Shapiro, with whom David C. Merkin, Rockville, MD, was on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellee Tinker sued the District of Columbia for injuries allegedly suffered in the course of an arrest. A jury awarded him $500,000 in damages. During the pre-trial phase of the case, the trial court denied the District of Columbia's motion for leave to amend its answer by asserting the statute of limitations as a defense, and denied the District's motion for summary judgment based on the statute of limitations. On appeal from the final judgment...

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