DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. ZUKERBERG

No. 03-CV-729.

880 A.2d 276 (2005)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Paul H. ZUKERBERG, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. McKay, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, with whom Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, and Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellant.

Patrick M. Regan, with whom Jonathan E. Halperin and Thanos Basdekis, were on the brief, Washington, DC, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, and RUIZ, Associate Judge, and KING, Senior Judge.


WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:

After a jury trial, plaintiff-appellee Paul H. Zukerberg ("Zukerberg"), serving as guardian ad litem for minor Jacob Miles-McLean ("Jacob"),1 was awarded a 5 million dollar judgment in his negligence action against appellant-defendant District of Columbia ("District"). The District now appeals the trial court's denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of law, arguing that there was no factual foundation to...

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