Dixon v. District of Columbia

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant sustained bodily injury when she allegedly tripped over a hole in a public street. She brought this suit for damages, charging the District with negligent maintenance of the roadway. Government motions for directed verdict made at the end of the plaintiff’s case and later at the close of all the evidence were denied. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff. The trial court, however, without stating its reasons therefor, set aside the verdict, entering judgment non obstante veredicto in favor of defendant-appellee. This is an appeal from that…