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BROOKS v. DIST. OF COL. HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 07-CV-1159.

999 A.2d 134 (2010)

Kendra BROOKS, et al., Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Re-argued May 11, 2010.

Decided July 22, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan A. Harvill for appellants.

Frederick A. Douglas, with whom Margaret McFarland, Washington, DC, Alex Chintella and Hans Froelicher, IV, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY and THOMPSON, Associate Judges, and FARRELL, Senior Judge.

THOMPSON, Associate Judge:

After a five-day trial, a jury determined that defendant/appellee District of Columbia Housing Authority ("DCHA") was not responsible for injuries to five-year-old Sullivan Jackson (including burns to the child's hand and arm) caused by an electric shock she received after inserting a lamp plug into a wall outlet in the apartment she shared with her mother, Kendra Brooks. On appeal, Brooks and Jackson raise a number of claims of error with...

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