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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 45-2552

Citation
Section 45-2552
Parent Document
Twyman v. Johnson, 655 A.2d 850 (1995)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1995-03-13

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. The parties debate whether testimony by Dr. Epps, Johnson’s orthopedic expert who was called out of turn during Twyman's case (and who had examined and spoken to Twyman), can fairly be considered in evaluating the sufficiency of Twyman's proof on causation. Assuming that it can, Dr. Epps's wholly unelaborated testimony about Twyman’s telling him two years after the accident that she had fallen because "[t]he steps were bad” did not fill the gap created by Twy-man’s inability in court to explain the cause of her accident. 8 . See Javins v. First Nat’l Realty Corp., 138 U.S.App.D.C. 369, 428 F.2d 1071 (1970). 9