Legal Opinion
Duggan v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 11, 2001No. 98-CV-199PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAGNER, Chief Judge:
Appellants, Ellen Duggan and Francis Duggan, individually and as parents and natural guardians of Patricia Duggan, a minor, sued appellee, the District of Columbia (District), for damages for personal injuries their daughter sustained when a youthful driver hit her car while being chased by a vehicle driven by a District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer. The case was tried by a jury which deadlocked. The trial court granted the District’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law, concluding that no reasonable juror could find that the police…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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