Legal Opinion
Romer v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 31, 1982No. 81-695PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
This appeal from an award of damages, entered after a jury verdict, presents the issues of whether the trial court erred in denying appellants’ motion for new trial based on the claim that the verdict was grossly insubstantial, in instructing the jury not to award damages to appellant Charles Romer for future medical expenses, and in vacating appellant June Romer’s award for loss of consortium. We reverse as to the jury award to Mrs. Romer and otherwise affirm.1
On November 12, 1974, appellant Charles Romer,2 a pipe fitter for the John C. Grim-berg Construction Company,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Alonzo Wayne Taylor v. The Washington Terminal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Palmer v. Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Edmund J. Flynn Co. v. LaVayDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- Pitts v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
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3Cited by77 opinions
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- District of Columbia v. DunmoreDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Estate of Underwood v. National Credit Union AdministrationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Enders v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
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