District of Columbia v. Barriteau

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This case arises from a negligence action in which the jury returned a verdict in favor of appellees and awarded damages totalling 1225,00o. 1 In this appeal, the District of Columbia concedes the issue of liability, but challenges the amount of the damage award. Two issues are presented for our determination: (1) whether the trial court erred in permitting the jury in a personal injury case to consider the impact of future inflation in arriving at a damage award representing appellee’s loss of future earnings; and (2) whether the trial court erred in refusing to allow the…