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MAKINS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 02-SP-241.

838 A.2d 300 (2003)

Brenda Elaine MAKINS, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 18, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory L. Lattimer, for appellant.

Carl J. Schifferle, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Robert R. Rigsby, Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, for appellees.

Before TERRY and RUIZ, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.

NEBEKER, Senior Judge:

Pursuant to D.C.Code § 11-723 (1995), the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ("Circuit") has certified the following question to this court:

Under District of Columbia law, is a client bound by a settlement agreement negotiated by her attorney when the client has not given the attorney actual authority to settle the case on those terms but has authorized the attorney to attend a settlement conference...

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