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WASHINGTON WELFARE ASS'N, INC. v. POINDEXTER

No. 81-1424.

479 A.2d 313 (1984)

WASHINGTON WELFARE ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Agnes M. POINDEXTER, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Leon Williams and Franklin A. Anderson, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellants.

No brief was filed and no appearance was entered for appellee.

Before BELSON and TERRY, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellee sued appellants, Washington Welfare Association, Inc., a non-profit corporation doing business as Southeast Neighborhood House, and its executive director, Laplois Ashford, for breach of contract and defamation. The trial court granted appellants' motion for a directed verdict on the defamation count at the conclusion of appellee's case. The jury later returned a verdict of $42,000 against appellants on the breach of contract count...

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