Alda Lee Souza v. William A. Corvick

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

The appellant in this case brought suit in the district court to recover compensatory and punitive damages for extensive damage to her home and to personal property contained therein, alleging that the proximate cause of the damage was the negligent and/or willful, wanton, and reckless manner in which defendant Corvick constructed storm sewers for defendant the District of Columbia on property adjacent to and contiguous with appellant’s home. 1 The Travelers Indemnity Company was also named as a defendant below on the basis of a policy of insurance which appellant carried…