Legal Opinion
Brooks v. District of Columbia Housing Authority
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 22, 2010No. 07-CV-1159PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 respect to the trial court’s evidentiary rulings and jury instructions. As to those claims, which we shall discuss only briefly,…
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