Legal Opinion
Speights v. 800 Water Street, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 16, 2010No. 08-CV-1195PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Senior Judge:
In this negligence action to recover damages for an injury suffered during a fall, Nathaniel Speights appeals from the trial court’s entry of judgment as a matter of law for appellee 800 Water Street, Inc., which owns the H20 Restaurant where the injury occurred. Speights contends the trial court erroneously concluded that the jury would have to speculate in order to find that the restaurant’s negligence caused the injury Speights sustained. He also argues the trial court improperly ruled certain evidence was inadmissible hearsay and that the trial court improperly excluded…
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