Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Zukerberg
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 11, 2005No. 03-CV-729PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:
After a jury trial, plaintiff-appellee Paul H. Zukerberg (“Zukerberg”), serving as guardian ad litem for minor Jacob Miles-McLean (“Jacob”), 1 was awarded a 5 million dollar judgment in his negligence action against appellant-defendant District of Columbia (“District”). The District now appeals the trial court’s denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of law, arguing that there was no factual foundation to support the jury’s finding that the District’s negligence proximately caused Jacob’s injuries. We hold that the evidence at trial was sufficient to support the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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