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RUSSELL v. G. A. F. CORP.

No. 79-186.

422 A.2d 989 (1980)

Douglas M. RUSSELL et al., Appellants, v. G. A. F. CORPORATION, and Stanley Gleit, Individually, John Olenek, Individually and t/a Gleit, Olenek and Associates, Engineers, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron M. Levine, Washington, D. C., with whom James E. Turner, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants. Eric M. May, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellants.

Laurence T. Scott, Washington, D. C., for appellee G.A.F. Corp.

George C. Courtot, Jr., Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellees Stanley Gleit and John Olenek.

Before GALLAGHER, MACK and FERREN, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants Douglas M. Russell, a carpenter who fell and broke his leg when a sheet of corrugated asbestos cement shattered during installation, and his wife, Wanda Russell, sued the manufacturer of the material (G.A.F.) and the engineers of the project (Gleit and Olenek) for damages resulting from their failure to warn that the material should not be stepped on. At the close of plaintiff's evidence, the trial court granted defendants' motions for a direct...

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