Legal Opinion
Hill v. Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 30, 2001No. 00-CV-204PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellant was injured when she fell on a stairway while leaving the inauguration ceremony for the new chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (“NAACP”), held at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church (“the Church”). The trial court granted summary judgment for both the NAACP and the Church on appellant’s negligence claims when appellant failed to designate any expert to testify on the standard of care for crowd control. We affirm.
A
The basic facts for purposes of summary judgment on the issue before us were not in dispute.…
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