Legal Opinion
Lynch v. Meridian Hill Studio Apts., Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 25, 1985No. 84-277PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from the denial of plaintiff-appellant’s motion to vacate summary judgments for defendant-appellees in an action to recover for property damage from a fire. The trial court had granted the summary judgments because of appellant’s failure to file timely oppositions. The motions judge subsequently denied without a hearing the motion to vacate, ruling that counsel’s proffered reason for the default — his own careless failure to observe the 10-day time requirement of Super.Ct.Civ.R. 12-1 (e) — was not “mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Harriet H. Hoffman, of the Estate of Ivan M. Hoffman v. Anthony Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- DuPont v. Crummer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Wallace v. Warehouse Employees Union No. 730District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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3Cited by52 opinions
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