Legal Opinion
Phillips v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 2, 1998No. 96-CV-1801PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
The court-appointed Special Administrator of the estate of a prisoner who hanged himself at the District of Columbia Jail brought this wrongful death and survival action against the District of Columbia, alleging that the decedent’s death was proximately caused by negligence on the part of the District’s agents and employees. The case was tried in the Superior Court before a judge and jury. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs case-in-chief, the trial judge granted the District’s motion for a directed verdict, holding that the plaintiff had failed to establish a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Gunning v. CooleySupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Toy v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- New York Life Ins. Co. v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- In Re MeltonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Roundtree v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- District of Columbia v. Arnold & PorterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
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