Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Williams
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 14, 1946No. 338PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Plaintiff sued and obtained judgment against the District of Columbia for damages on account of injuries resulting from a fall on a public sidewalk. She was caused to fall by tripping or stumbling upon the edge of a paving block which projected higher than the adjacent block. From the evidence it appeared that the difference in elevation, which had existed for more than a year, was not due to faulty construction, but was caused by a uniform settlement of the paving blocks immediately south of the point where plaintiff tripped. The only real issue of fact was the extent…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Beltz v. . City of YonkersNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Hamilton v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Butler v. . Village of OxfordNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Hook v. City of SacramentoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1931
- Lalor v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
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3Cited by17 opinions
- District of Columbia v. CooperDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Robert Klein and Ruth Klein v. District of Columbia, United States of America and Roxton, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Proctor v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- District of Columbia v. PaceDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Girdler v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
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