Legal Opinion
Niosi v. Aiello
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 21, 1949No. 829PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Associate Judge.
This is an appeal from a directed verdict for defendant upon plaintiff’s opening statement to the jury in a malpractice suit against an attorney.
The controversy had its origin in the death of Giuseppe Niosi in Maryland in April 1933 as the result of being struck by a street car of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, one of the predecessors of the present Capital Transit Company. According to the complaint in the present case, Christopher Niosi, a brother of the deceased, was duly appointed in Maryland as administrator of his brother’s estate and in November…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Oscanyan v. Arms Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Stewart v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. PriceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1916
- Thornburg v. American Strawboard Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1895
- Vooth v. . McEachenNew York Court of Appeals · 1905
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3Cited by69 opinions
- James W. McCord Jr. v. F. Lee BaileyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Morrison v. MacNamaraDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Williams v. CallaghanDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1996
- O'NEIL v. BerganDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Chase v. GilbertDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
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