DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HOWARD

No. 89-256.

588 A.2d 683 (1991)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Bertha HOWARD, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna M. Murasky, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Edward S. Horowitz, Greenbelt, Md., with whom John B. Low, Temple Hills, Md. and Stephen C. Offutt, were on the brief, Greenbelt, Md., for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and FERREN and BELSON, Associate Judges.


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

The District of Columbia appeals from a judgment in favor of appellee, Bertha Howard, as the result of the alleged wrongful death of her husband following his fall down a flight of stairs. The District assigns numerous errors, including the failure of appellee to establish that the emergency medical technicians or the transporting police officers breached any standard of care in their treatment of Mr...

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