Case law

Lewis v. District of Columbia

499 A.2d 911 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 29, 1985

United States, 356 F.2d 837, 840 (2d Cir.1966), ce rt. denied, 385 U.S. 1012 , 87 S.Ct. 720 , 17 L.Ed.2d 549 (1967), namely: When Congress has established a scheme of compensation to provide a remedy for personal injuries … Clearly, Bradshaw is not dispositive of the present case in which there is an employer/employee relationship between the District and Officer Kolo-nich.

JOSE RODRIGUEZ v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

124 A.3d 134 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 17, 2015

In light of our holding, we do not reach the trial court’s alternative finding that the prosecutor’s actions were protected by immunity. … Appellants did not meet the legal standards required to establish a violation of the WPA. Cf.

De Vaughn v. De Vaughn

3 D.C. App. 50 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 2, 1894

Wright, 2 Bligh, 1, decided in the House of Lords, opinions by Lord Eldon and Lord Redesdale, both strict adherents of the established technical definitions of estates, we find it admitted by Lord Eldon that the words heirs … The learned justice who delivered the opinion of the court, in speaking of the effect of explanatory words upon technical words of limitation, says (we italicize), “ But if there are explanatory and qualifying expressions

Morris v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 26, 2025

Such use of the streets and public places has, from ancient times, been a part of the privileges, immunities, rights, and liberties of citizens.”); Perry Educ. Ass’n v. … In short, counsels’ arguments both clearly defined the independent justification requirement and established that this was the question on which the case turned.

United States v. Heath

20 D.C. 272 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 14, 1891

The sixth prayer was as follows: “That the law presumes the innocence of a party until the contrary is established by indisputable evidence, and such evidence, adduced to establish his guilt, must be so conclusive as to be … He goes to trial surrounded by that presumption, and his guilt is to be established by the evidence.

Ransford v. District of Columbia

583 A.2d 186 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 5, 1990

At the present time, whenever the District of Columbia desires to present such evidence, it is necessary that the services of a qualified expert witness be secured. … The judge’s evi-dentiary ruling was thus not clearly erroneous. Campbell v. United States, 373 U.S. 487, 493 , 83 S.Ct. 1356, 1360 , 10 L.Ed.2d 501 (1963).

Allen v. District of Columbia

District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Mar 28, 2024

Mashia characterized the failed delivery as a “fluke”: “[N]ot the result of any systemic inability to read or process the envelope or others like it,” but just a USPS slip up that happens from time to time no matter how clearly … Imagine an expert qualified in basketball’s shooting mechanics who, without further elucidation, opines simply that they know what good shooting form looks like and that Steph Curry has it.

Johnson v. United States

636 A.2d 978 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Feb 3, 1994

Officer David Stroud was qualified as an expert in street trafficking and packaging of illicit drugs. … As has been well-established for many years, the bias of a witness is “always relevant.” Davis v. Alaska, 415 U.S. 308, 316 , 94 S.Ct. 1105, 1110 , 39 L.Ed.2d 347 (1974); Springer v.

Estate of Presgrave v. Stephens

529 A.2d 274 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jul 27, 1987

However, because Wilkes’ petition was not accompanied by the points and authorities required for motions under Super.Ct.Civ.R. 12-I(e), it does not qualify as a motion under Super. Ct.Civ.R. 7(b). … Nothing in the record suggests the decedent lacked the mental capacity at the time she established the accounts.

Coe v. DC Department of Human Services

District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 1, 2022

The OAH Establishment Act gives ALJs the power to issue “interlocutory orders and orders.” D.C. Code § 2-1831.09(b)(5). … . § 2-1831.01(12) (stating that for purposes of the act establishing OAH, “order” has the “meaning provided that term in § 2-502(11)”). D.C.

Ferrell v. Rosenbaum

691 A.2d 641 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Apr 3, 1997

To defeat a motion for summary judgment in a medical malpractice action, the non-movant must establish a prima facie case of medical malpractice, consisting of 1) establishing the applicable standard of care, 2) showing that … Shahidi was qualified to render that opinion. As we recognized in Ornoff v.

Little v. United States

613 A.2d 880 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 7, 1992

This is, in my judgment, clearly not such a case. … Furthermore, numbers alone are not sufficient either to establish or negate a prima facie showing. United States v.

Daniel v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment

329 A.2d 773 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 16, 1974

Section 7516.3 clearly recognizes that some of the building sites for such interior developments may have no public street frontage and attempts to compensate for this fact by adding an extra front yard requirement. … While we have considerable difficulty in finding that the parties before the Board established that they were persons aggrieved within *774 the meaning of D.C.Code 1973, § 5-420 and of § 8102.1 of the Zoning Regulations,

Keyser v. Hitz

13 D.C. 473 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Jun 26, 1883

The husband has but a qualified property in it — a right to reduce it to his possession by transferring it into his own name or selling it. … Weidmeyer, 25 Mo., 364 . *493 A transfer in exchange for other choses in action would seem to be clearly within the same rule. If, therefore, Mrs.

Myers v. Adler

17 D.C. 515 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Oct 8, 1888

But in the present case the estate is given to her for and during the term of her natural life, so long as she should remain a widow, and that is clearly a case of a condition subsequent. … That rule, however, is again qualified, and that qualification is stated in 1 Jarman on Wills, 756: “The established distinction now is that if the payment be postponed, with reference to the circumstances of the devise of

King v. United States

74 A.3d 678 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 22, 2013

At trial, Holmes’ counsel objected to this foundation as insufficient to establish the officers’ competence to give an opinion. … Whether police officer testimony interpreting slang or jargon qualifies as lay or expert testimony is an issue of first impression for this court.

Brown v. 1301 K Street Ltd. Partnership

31 A.3d 902 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Nov 23, 2011

In that case, in which an employee of a subcontractor was injured, we held that the general contractor was not an “employer” for the purposes of that section of the WCA which gives immunity in tort to employers once the employee … In the present case, “[b]ecause the parties expressed a clear intention to release liability and because that release clearly included liability for *906 [all tort causes of action], that intention should be enforced.”

District of Columbia Housing Authority v. District of Columbia Office of Human Rights

881 A.2d 600 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Aug 25, 2005

However, there was substantial evidence in the record that Brummell was qualified. … party of its waiver under other circumstances: notably, where the party had no opportunity to raise its claim before the agency, in which case remand may be appropriate, and perhaps also (but rarely) where it truly and clearly

Kane v. Ryan

596 A.2d 562 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Sep 4, 1991

That finding was not clearly erroneous. Affirmed. 1 . Dr. … [I]n a nutshell, lupus is a problem where the immune system loses control and starts destroying the patient’s tissues."

Washington Gas Light Co. v. Lansden

9 App. D.C. 508 · District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Dec 9, 1896

If this be not so, a man might become a libeller with immunity. … The court, in our opinion, was clearly right in rejecting this prayer.