Opinion ID: 2108083
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Jury's Verdicts

Text: The jury found that the District of Columbia Housing Authority was negligent in its maintenance of elevator number 2 at the Arthur Capper Senior Center prior to February 10, 2002, and that its negligence was a proximate cause of plaintiff's accident. It then answered No to the third question presented: Do you find that Quality Elevator Company, Incorporated, was negligent in its maintenance of elevator number 2 at the Arthur Capper Senior Center prior to February 10, 2002, and that its negligence was a proximate cause of the plaintiff's accident? DCHA argues that there was no evidence that it was negligent in hiring, supervising, or retaining Quality Elevator and that consequently these verdicts are inconsistent. It asserts that DCHA could not have been determined to be negligent as a principal when its agent, Quality Elevator, was found not negligent.