Legal Opinion
Lewis v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 29, 1985No. 84-482PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
The issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial court was correct in dismissing appellant’s third party claim against the District of Columbia for contribution and common-law indemnification, on the grounds that the Police and Firefighters Retirement and Disability Act (the “Act”), D.C.Code §§ 4-601 to -634 (1981), 1 is the exclusive remedy for uniformed personnel against the District. We affirm.
The factual predicate for this case arose on February 1, 1980, when appellant was involved in a collision with a police vehicle. Sergeant Michael Kolonich, a passenger in the police car,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. DemkoSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Johansen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Patterson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Johnson v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008
- Feirson v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
- O'Rourke v. District of Columbia Police & Firefighters' Retirement & Relief BoardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2012
- Ray v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Estate of Phillips v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2003
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