Legal Opinion
Raney v. D. C. Transit System, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 14, 1960No. 2643PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Acting Judge.
In this action against the transit company, plaintiff claimed damages of $3000, the jurisdictional limitation of the Municipal' Court. Some months later and after pre-trial she moved for voluntary dismissal without prejudice in order to file an action in the United States District Court for a greater amount of damages. The motion recited that though at the time the action was filed her physician reported that her injury was not of a permanent nature, he had more recently examined her and found the injuries were more serious and extensive than priginally considered; that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- HOME OWNERS'LOAN CORPORATION v. HuffmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
- Ockert v. Union Barge Line Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Grivas v. Parmelee Transp. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
- Harvey Aluminum, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1953
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Brown v. CarrDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Frost v. PEOPLES DRUG STORE, INCORPORATEDDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Borden v. BordenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- D. C. Transit System, Inc. v. FranklinDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961
- Schoonover v. ChavousDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009