American Service Center Associates v. Helton

RUIZ, Associate Judge:

We granted this application for allowance of an appeal in order to consider an issue of first impression: whether our jurisprudence on remedies for injury to personal property embraces residual diminution in value after repair. We conclude that the law does indeed furnish this remedy. Because the grant of summary judgment dismissing the claim was based on a different understanding of the law, we reverse the judgment and remand the case for further proceedings.

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On Friday, September 15, 2000, Kelly Helton was driving an Avis rental car in the District of Columbia when she…