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KNIGHT v. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

No. 96-CV-792, 96-CV-825, 96-CV-995.

725 A.2d 472 (1999)

Mattie Berna J. KNIGHT, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 11, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Seldon, Washington, DC, for appellant/cross-appellee.

John E. Scheuermann, with whom Karen L. Terhune, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before STEADMAN and REID, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

After almost thirty years of employment, Mattie Berna J. Knight, an African American registered nurse, was discharged by Georgetown University Hospital when it closed the blood transfusion service unit which Ms. Knight supervised. She brought suit challenging her discharge on grounds both of race discrimination and promissory estoppel. A jury found in Georgetown's favor on Ms. Knight's race discrimination claim, but awarded her $90,000 on...

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