Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Jackson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 6, 1982No. 80-996PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
A jury found the District of Columbia liable to the estate, widow, and daughter of Lawrence Calvin Jackson in wrongful death and survival actions alleging false arrest, assault, and negligence by metropolitan police officers. Liability is not an issue on appeal. The questions pertain to damages, which totaled $120,740 upon three general verdicts: (1) Because the District’s Medicaid program has paid or will pay $75,336 for medical bills of the deceased at Howard University Hospital, is the District entitled to set off against the total judgment the amount the jury…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- United States v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Eichel v. New York Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- District of Columbia v. WhiteDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Ora Greene Hudson, Administratrix of the Estate of Garland Hudson, Deceased v. David Lazarus, Samuel Juster and Calvin JusterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Donald Feeley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by21 opinions
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