HECHINGER CO. v. JOHNSON

No. 97-CV-71.

761 A.2d 15 (2000)

HECHINGER COMPANY, Appellant, v. James W. JOHNSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey R. DeCaro, Lanham, MD, for appellant.

Marc Fiedler, with whom William P. Lightfoot, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and STEADMAN and RUIZ, Associate Judges.


WAGNER, Chief Judge:

Appellant, Hechinger Company, appeals from a judgment entered following a jury verdict of $2,000,000 for appellee, James W. Johnson. The case arose out of Johnson's claim for damages for injuries he sustained as the result of an assault upon him by Hechinger's employee while Johnson was a patron at one of Hechinger's retail stores. Hechinger makes numerous arguments on appeal. Finding no error requiring reversal, we affirm.

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