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MAKINS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 02-SP-241.

861 A.2d 590 (2004)

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

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 4, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory L. Lattimer, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Carl J. Schifferle, Assistant Attorney General for the District of Columbia, with whom Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General, and Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellees.

John P. Gonsoulin, with whom Gerald F. Masoudi, and Tyler Mace, Washington, DC, appointed by the court as amicus curiae counsel, were on the brief, as amici.*

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, TERRY, SCHWELB, FARRELL, RUIZ, REID, GLICKMAN and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER and STEADMAN, Senior Judges.

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...

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