MEFFORD v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 98-CV-50.

728 A.2d 607 (1999)

Carolyn MEFFORD, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Block, with whom Arthur B. Spitzer, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant.

Donna M. Murasky, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom John M. Ferren, Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Assistant Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

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


KING, Senior Judge.

Appellant, Carolyn Mefford, appeals from an order granting summary judgment for the District of Columbia and denying her claim to recover for losses sustained when her property was stolen and destroyed while in the custody of the Metropolitan Police Department's ("MPD") property clerk's office. Mefford contends that the trial judge erred in concluding: (1) that the District of Columbia was not grossly negligent in maintaining the property clerk...

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