Legal Opinion
Patterson v. White
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 31, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 1258-69PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PARKER, District Judge.
Plaintiff is the acting and qualified administrator of his minor son’s estate. On January 18, 1969, the son fell to his death into a fifteen-foot-deep window-well on the property of the defendant The Branch Avenue Full Gospel Church while fleeing from some allegedly vicious dogs. Plaintiff filed a complaint for wrongful death on May 14, 1969,1 against the owners of the animals and against Messrs. Robert Pandolfi, Felix Rizzo, and Domenico Tropea, trustees of the Church. The dogs’ owners were served and have filed an answer. Unsuccessful endeavors…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Meredith v. United Air LinesDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1966
- Harris v. StoneDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1953
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