Legal Opinion
Smith v. District of Columbia
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 10, 1951No. 10672_1PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a civil action brought in the District Court against the District of Columbia, as a municipal corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained as a result of slipping on ice and snow on a public street. At the conclusion of the evidence for the plaintiff the court directed a verdict for the defendant municipality. This appeal followed.
Plaintiff slipped and fell at 14th and K Streets, Northwest, in Washington, as she stepped from a crosswalk to a sidewalk on her way to work on the morning of February 4, 1948. There had been a heavy snowfall some…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- District of Columbia v. WoodburySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Graham v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
- Williams v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
- Magaha v. Mayor of HagerstownCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1902
- Zieg Et Vir v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Rieser v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- James R. Spencer v. General Hospital of the District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Landella Kanelos v. Milton KettlerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Dorcas J. Daniels-Lumley v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Jones v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
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