District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1982

The court affirmed a defense judgment in an action alleging battery, false imprisonment, and defamation. It rejected the juror-challenge claim because the appellant supplied no record from which error could be found, and concluded that the trial court correctly answered the jury’s question about whether a guard could…

The court affirmed the directed verdict against the Seres on their intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress and punitive-damages claims, concluding that the insurers’ handling of the disputed claims did not amount to extreme and outrageous conduct.

The court held that the evidence permitted the jury to consider whether the detective negligently used his firearm, but that the record did not support submitting the District’s negligent-training theory to the jury.