Legal Opinion
Molovinsky v. Monterey Cooperative, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 30, 1997No. 95-CV-1535PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellant Gale S. Molovinsky filed a small claims suit demanding the return of his earnest money deposit under a cooperative apartment purchase agreement which fell through. After settling the claim and dismissing the suit with prejudice, Molovinsky filed suit in the Civil Actions Branch, which had general jurisdiction, demanding $400,000 compensatory and punitive damages on a breach of contract theory and a statutory discrimination theory. The trial court ruled that the contract count was barred under the doctrine of res judicata, and that the dis crimination count…
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