District of Columbia Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of District of Columbia or Court of Appeals of District of Columbia where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Walden v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services - 9/14/2000
Petition for Review of a Decision of the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
Submitted February 24, 2000
Petitioner, Nellie Walden, seeks review of a final decision of the Department of Employment...
Paul v. Bier - 8/24/2000
Appeals from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Hon. Frederick H. Weisberg, Trial Judge)
(Argued October 15, 1998 Decided August 24, 2000)
Opinion for the court by Associate Judge Ruiz.
Concurring opinion...
Browner v. District of Columbia - 8/3/2000
Submitted May 11, 2000
This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court after a jury returned a verdict in favor of the District of Columbia on appellant's claim for damages resulting from a collision with a District of...
Etchebarne-Bourdin v. Radice - 6/1/2000
Appeals from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Hon. Noel A. Kramer, Trial Judge)
Argued January 26, 1998
Opinion for the court by Associate Judge Ruiz.
Concurring opinion by Associate Judge Steadman at...
Moorehead v. District of Columbia - 3/16/2000
Appeal from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Hon. Lee F. Satterfield, Trial Judge)
Argued February 25, 1999
Opinion for the court by Associate Judge Terry.
Dissenting opinion by Associate Judge Schwelb...
Ray v. Queen - 3/16/2000
Appeal from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
(Hon. Shellie F. Bowers, Trial Judge)
Argued December 1, 1999
Opinion for the court by Associate Judge Schwelb.
Dissenting opinion by Associate Judge...
Madison v. Superior Iron Works - 2/24/2000
Appeal from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
(Hon. Wendell P. Gardner, Jr., Trial Judge)
Submitted May 25, 1999
Terry, Associate Judge: Appellant, Bobby Madison, filed this personal injury action against...
Grant v. American National Red Cross - 2/17/2000
Appeal from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
(Hon. Leonard Braman, Trial Judge)
Argued December 14, 1999
The question presented is whether a division of this court may and should depart from the standard...
Shoppers Food Warehouse v. Moreno - 2/17/2000
Appeal from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
(Hon. Stephanie Duncan-Peters, Motions Judge) (Hon. Linda Turner Hamilton, Trial Judge)
ON REHEARING EN BANC
Reargued En Banc May 5, 1999
Opinion for...
Tavakoli-Nouri v. Gunther - 2/10/2000
Appeal from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Hon. Peter H. Wolf, Trial Judge)
Argued September 23, 1999
Kamran Tavakoli-Nouri appeals from the trial court's decision to grant appellees', Stephen F. Gunther,...
Judah v. Reiner - 2/3/2000
Appeal from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Hon. Lee F. Satterfield, Trial Judge)
Argued January 14, 1999
This personal injury case began with the harassment of two young girls, appellant Allison Judah and...
King v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services - 12/16/1999
Petition for Review of a Decision of the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
Argued September 16, 1999
Petitioner, Michael T. King, was temporarily disabled by acute back pain, which he suffered while...
Word v. Potomac Electric Power Company - 12/9/1999
Appeal from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
(Hon. Shellie F. Bowers, Trial Judge)
Argued May 11, 1999
Kevin Word brought suit alleging negligence and strict liability against Potomac Electric Power...
Wilson v. Halley Gardens Associates - 9/16/1999
Appeal from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (Hon. Judith Retchin, Trial Judge)
Submitted June 10, 1999
In this personal injury action, we hold that the trial Judge granted summary judgment to the defendants...
Breen v. Police and Firefighters Retirement and Relief Board - 5/25/1999
Petition for Review of a Decision of the District of Columbia Police and Firefighters Retirement and Relief Board
Argued May 18, 199
Decided May 25, 1999)
Per Curiam
The District of Columbia Police and...
Patton v. Klein - 5/20/1999
Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the Atlantic and Maryland Reporters. Users are requested to notify the Clerk of the Court of any formal errors so that corrections may be made before the bound...
District of Columbia v. Murtaugh - 5/13/1999
Notice: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the Atlantic and Maryland Reporters. Users are requested to notify the Clerk of the Court of any formal errors so that corrections may be made before the bound...
DISTRICT OF COL. v. WASH. HOSP. CENTER - 12/30/1998
The principal issue raised by this appeal is whether a settling defendant in an automobile negligence case has a right to equitable contribution or indemnity from a non-party hospital which allegedly aggravated plaintiffs...
IN RE WILLIAMS - 12/30/1998
This reciprocal discipline case comes to us from the Board on Professional Responsibility (the "Board"). The Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board (the "Virginia Board") revoked respondent's license on February 26, 1993, after...
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. WILSON - 12/17/1998
On July 28, 1992, Russell Brown, who was serving a sentence as a youthful offender at the Lorton Youth Center, died of asthma. On July 27, 1993, Brown's mother, Linda Wilson, brought this action against the District of...
IN RE DIXON - 12/10/1998
In 1994, Samuel E. Dixon, Jr., a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Connecticut and of this court, settled a personal injury claim on behalf of a client in Connecticut for $13,500. Dixon received the settlement check and...
LANDISE v. MAURO - 12/3/1998
Appellant, Sarah Landise, sued appellee, Thomas Mauro, alleging partnership in a law firm, and seeking damages for breach of an oral partnership agreement, conversion of partnership funds, breach of fiduciary duty and an accounting....
SHORT v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DOES - 11/30/1998
In an August 15, 1997 decision, the Director of the Department of Employment Services ("Director") affirmed a Hearing Examiner's compensation order denying Stephen Short a modification of benefits. Mr. Short appealed,...
IN RE BELL - 8/27/1998
In these reciprocal disciplinary proceedings against respondents Bell and Paugh, the Board on Professional Responsibility ("the Board") recommends that this court publicly censure respondents, a sanction equivalent to the public...
HERBERT v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - 8/13/1998
The question presented is whether the District of Columbia is vicariously liable under the "non-delegable duty" doctrine to a prisoner at the District of Columbia jail for injuries resulting from medical malpractice on the part of an...
DADA v. CHILDREN'S NAT. MEDICAL CENTER - 8/13/1998
After the trial court granted summary judgment in favor of appellee Children's National Medical Center ("Children's Hospital") in this medical malpractice action, appellant Bisi Dada moved for reconsideration under Super.Ct.Civ.R....
N.P.P. CONTRACTORS INC. v. CANNING & CO. - 8/6/1998
In this appeal, a general contractor asserts that it is entitled, by contract, to indemnification from its subcontractor even if the general contractor's negligence caused the damages for which indemnification is sought. The trial...
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY v. SCOTT - 5/21/1998
Appellants George Washington University and George Washington University Health Plan ("GWU") appeal rulings by the trial court denying their Motion to Dismiss the Complaint, or in the Alternative for Summary Judgment, and their Motion...
DEBOSE v. RAMADA RENAISSANCE HOTEL - 5/7/1998
Appellant, Mary Debose, appeals the trial court's denial of her motion to reinstate her personal injury complaint against appellee, the Ramada Renaissance Hotel. She contends that the trial court abused its discretion by denying her...
CLARK v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - 9/18/1997
This case arises from the suicide of appellant Frankie Clark's fourteen-year-old son K.F. that occurred while K.F. was in the custody of the appellee District of Columbia at the Receiving Home for Children ("Receiving Home"). Following...
Bly v. Tri-Continental Industries - 8/21/1995
WAGNER, Chief Judge : Appellants, Margaret Gray Bly, personal representative of the estate of Leo Medford Bly, deceased, and Debra D. Seals, personal representative of the estate of Edward Seals, deceased, filed actions in the trial...
Murphy v. Bonanno - 8/7/1995
Farrell, Associate Judge : In this appeal from a judgment in favor of the remaining plaintiff-appellee for assault and battery, trespass, and infliction of emotional distress, appellant challenges primarily the trial Judge's refusal to...
In re M.M.D. - 6/30/1995
FERREN, Associate Judge : This case presents the question whether, under District of Columbia law, two unmarried persons -- in particular, a same-sex couple living together in a committed personal relationship -- may adopt a child. If...
Breen v. District of Columbia Police and Firefighters Retirement and Relief Bd. - 6/15/1995
Per Curiam: Petitioner James E. Breen was a firefighter with the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Department for over thirteen years. He seeks review of a decision and order of the Police and Firefighters Retirement and...
Georgetown University Hosp. v. Department of Employment Services - 6/8/1995
FERREN, Associate Judge: This case (Francis II) presents the question whether the Hearings and Adjudication Section (H&AS; of the Department of Employment Services (DOES) had jurisdiction over a request for modification, pursuant...
Duckett v. District of Columbia - 2/23/1995
PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals the court's dismissal of a suit for lack of standing when a mother filed suit in her individual capacity rather than as the personal representative of her deceased son. Plaintiff informed the court that...
Warner Fruehauf Trailer Co. - 2/23/1995
BELSON, Senior Judge: This is an appeal from the trial court's decision to set aside the original jury verdict in favor of defendant Warner Fruehauf Trailer Company, Inc. and from its subsequent decision to grant a directed verdict in...
In re Dietz - 1/30/1995
PER CURIAM: This reciprocal discipline case comes to us from the Board on Professional Responsibility ("the Board"), which recommended that respondent be suspended from the practice of law for thirty days after having been publicly...
In re Pels - 1/30/1995
On Report and Recommendation of the Board of Professional Responsibility.
FARRELL, Associate Judge: This disciplinary matter, as various members of the Board on Professional Responsibility recognized, tests the resolve of this...
Farris v. Compton - 12/29/1994
SCHWELB, Associate Judge: On June 19, 1991, Sara Fellez, now forty-nine years old, and her sister, Fredericka Farris, now forty-six, filed suit in the United States District Court against their brother, Dr. John W. Compton, now...
Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals - 11/9/1994
STEADMAN, Associate Judge: The fourth appeal in this extended litigation raises two issues: first, whether the trial court properly ruled that neither the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ("FDCA"), 21 U.S.C. ยงยง 301-393 (1988 &...
Robinson v. Washington Internal Medicine Associates - 9/19/1994
KING, Associate Judge: In this medical malpractice action, trial court plaintiff Johnnie Mae Robinson ("Robinson"), daughter and administratrix of the estate of Lela Jones ("Jones"), seeks reversal of a judgment in favor of appellees...
Ussery v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Mid-Atlantic States - 9/19/1994
TERRY, Associate Judge: Appellant brings this appeal from an order dismissing, on the ground of forum non conveniens, her medical malpractice suit against appellee for injuries allegedly resulting from negligent treatment at a Maryland...
George Washington University v. Waas - 9/19/1994
STEADMAN, Associate Judge: This is an appeal from a judgment of $650,000 for medical malpractice against appellants George Washington University ("GWU") and two doctors in that university's hospital. The verdict was based upon the...
Washington v. John T. Rhines Co. - 8/29/1994
TERRY, Associate Judge: This case raises an issue of first impression in the District of Columbia, namely, whether this jurisdiction recognizes -- or should recognize -- the tort of negligent infliction of emotional distress arising...
Huang v. D'Albora - 6/27/1994
FARRELL, Associate Judge: This is an appeal from two orders of the Superior Court granting summary judgment to Dr. D'Albora (appellee) on the ground that the statutes of limitations had expired. The first order, entered by Judge...
Griva v. Davison - 2/10/1994
FERREN, Associate Judge: This case presents two important questions: when a law firm that represents a three-member partnership also represents two of the individual partners in matters that pertain to the partnership, may the third...
Sebastian v. District of Columbia - 1/31/1994
KING, Associate Judge: The plaintiff in the trial court appeals the dismissal of two counts of a seven count complaint against the District of Columbia ("District"), setting forth claims stemming from a sexual assault committed upon...
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