Legal Opinion
Knight v. Georgetown University
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 11, 1999No. 96-CV-792, 96-CV-825, 96-CV-995PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
After almost thirty years of employment, Mattie Berna J. Knight, an African American registered nurse, was discharged by Georgetown University Hospital when it closed the blood transfusion service unit which Ms. Knight supervised. She brought suit challenging her discharge on grounds both of race discrimination and promissory estoppel. A jury found in Georgetown’s favor on Ms. Knight’s race discrimination claim, but awarded her $90,000 on the promissory es-toppel theory. Both parties appealed to this court.
Ms. Knight challenges several evidentiary rulings by the…
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