Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Brown
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 3, 1991No. 88-319, 88-1636PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge:
Nineteen-year-old Dwight Covington, a 320-pound former football player, intentionally drove his left shoulder against an elevator door in a public housing project. The door gave way and he fell to the bottom of the elevator shaft. Tragically, he suffered serious injuries and died after declining blood transfusions for religious reasons. His mother, appellee Mary C. Brown, was awarded a $300,000 jury verdict against appellant District of Columbia for its negligence in failing to maintain a safe elevator in her ensuing wrongful death and survivor’s action law suit. The…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Marshall v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Oxendine v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Sinai v. Polinger Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Martin v. George Hyman Construction Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Scoggins v. JudeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- James D. Nelson, Jr. v. American National Red Cross, James D. Nelson, Jr., Cross-Appellee v. American National Red CrossCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
- Durphy v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- Thoma v. Kettler Bros., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Victoria Marie Weston and Marie Beatrice Weston v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
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