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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. CARLSON

No. 01-CV-24.

793 A.2d 1285 (2002)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Gilman R. CARLSON, Jr., et ux., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. McKay, Jr., Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Robert R. Rigsby, Corporation Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellant.

Jacob A. Stein, with whom Richard A. Bussey, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellees.

Before TERRY, FARRELL, and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

A car driven by Alfred Poe struck and injured a pedestrian, Gilman Carlson, at the intersection of Sixth Street and Independence Avenue, Southwest, directly in front of the National Air and Space Museum. At the time of the accident, the traffic signals at the intersection were not operating. A jury found that the District of Columbia was negligent in failing either to maintain the signal or to provide alternative traffic control devices, and...

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