District of Columbia Court of Appeals October 26, 2000, 97-CV-71 (Hechinger Co. v. Johnson)

WAGNER, Chief Judge:-

Appellant, Hechinger Company, appeals from a judgment entered following a jury verdict of $2,000,000 for appellee, James W. Johnson. The case arose out of Johnson’s claim for damages for injuries he sustained as the result of an assault upon him by Hechinger’s employee while Johnson was a patron at one of Hechinger’s retail stores.