Legal Opinion
Evans v. Byers
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 27, 1975No. 6780PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REILLY, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal from a directed verdict at the conclusion of plaintiff’s case of an action brought by a federal employee to recover damages for a personal injury which she attributed to an automobile accident. She sued both the driver of the car in which she was a passenger at the time and the driver of the car which collided with it.
As the case was tried without a jury, a ruling on what was called by both defendants “a motion for directed verdict” is something of a misnomer. Petty v. Rowe, D.C.Mun.App., 91 A.2d 331 (1952). No doubt what defendants intended were motions…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Warner Corporation v. Magazine Realty Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
- Andrews v. FornessDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Petty v. RoweDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Marshall v. TownsendDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Sullivan v. SnyderDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
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