Legal Opinion
Adams v. Davis
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 28, 1946No. 382PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
Appeal from an order granting plaintiffs leave to dismiss their action without prejudice and refusing to assess counsel fees as a condition of such dismissal.
In the trial court the six year old plaintiff had sued through her father, and the father had sued individually, claiming a total of $3,000 for damages resulting from the infant having been struck by a taxicab of defendants. The complaint recited that the infant had received a severe concussion *793of the brain, multiple abrasions, contusions and cuts and that her hearing was impaired. At the pre-trial it was stipulated…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McCann v. Bentley Stores CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1940
- Welter v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1941
- Mott v. Connecticut General Life Ins.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1942
- Lawson v. MooreDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1939
- Roth v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1942
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- Mercer v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Schwaner v. GeorgeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1947