Legal Opinion
Toy v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 14, 1988No. 87-289PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Associate Judge:
In this wrongful death and survival action, appellants Janie Toy and Diane Toy, the mother 1 and widow of the decedent William Toy, seek to reinstate a jury verdict in their favor. They contend on appeal that the trial court erred in entering a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and in instructions to the jury on false arrest. We hold that because appellants failed to present expert testimony sufficient to establish the standard of care owed to the decedent by the District of Columbia, they failed to establish a prima facie case of negligence. Accordingly, because we…
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