DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. MURTAUGH

Nos. 97-CV-908, 97-CV-1035.

728 A.2d 1237 (1999)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Elsa MURTAUGH and Ebone, Inc., Appellees. Ebone, Inc., Cross-appellant, v. District of Columbia, Cross-appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. McKay, Jr., Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Jo Anne Robinson, Principal Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellant in No. 97-CV-908 and cross-appellee in No. 97-CV-1035.

Henry E. Weil, Rockville, MD, for appellee Elsa Murtaugh in No. 97-CV-908.

Andrew J. Marter, with whom Sharon A. Marcial, Rockville, MD, was on the brief, for appellee Ebone, Inc. in No. 97-CV-908 and cross-appellant in No. 97-CV-1035.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and SCHWELB and REID, Associate Judges.


REID, Associate Judge:

In No. 97-CV-908, appellant, the District of Columbia ("the District"), appeals the judgments of the trial court (1) denying its motion for judgment as a matter of law, new trial or remittitur after a jury verdict awarding appellee Elsa Murtaugh judgment in the amount of $250,000 in her personal injury lawsuit charging the District and appellee, Ebone, Inc. ("Ebone"), with negligence in the repair and maintenance of an alley, and (2) entering...

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