Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Jones
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 22, 1970No. 5126PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FICKLING, Associate Judge.
One early morning in mid-January 1964, Mrs. Jones was standing on a snowy street corner waiting for a bus as she had done at this same corner every workday for 5 years. When the bus arrived, and as she approached it to board, she stepped on a manhole cover which slid off of the manhole. She fell partially into the manhole, injuring her leg.
Two photographs of the street corner taken 2 months after the incident were admitted into evidence. Mrs. Jones identified the hoíe into which she fell, covered by what appeared to be a convex metal cover slightly raised above the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Shewmaker v. Capital Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
- 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
- Hackett v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1970
- Resnick v. Wolf & Cohen, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
- Vaughn v. NealDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1948
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Penn Central Transportation Co. v. ReddickDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Faniel v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Smith v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Sigal Construction Corp. v. StanburyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Cardoza v. Town of Silver CityNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1981
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