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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HAWKINS

Nos. 96-CV-218, 96-CV-484, 96-CV-525, 96-CV553.

782 A.2d 293 (2001)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Natalie Love HAWKINS, et al., Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 4, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna M. Murasky, 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/cross-appellee.

Patrick M. Regan, with whom Jonathan E. Halperin, Victor E. Long, and Paul M. Higgins, were on the brief, Washington, DC, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and STEADMAN, Associate Judge, and KERN, Senior Judge.

WAGNER, Chief Judge:

At issue in these consolidated appeals is whether appellant, the District of Columbia, is liable for the deaths of the driver and a passenger in a motor vehicle which was struck by the driver of another vehicle who was being pursued in a high speed chase by police officers of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Donna Love, who was driving, and her seven year old nephew, James Gripper, Jr., were killed in the accident...

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