Legal Opinion · Dissent

Abdul-Azim v. Howard University Hospital

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 1, 2019No. 17-CV-453Published

1DissentThompson, Associate Judge

For a plaintiff to avoid summary judgment, "there must be some 'significant probative evidence tending to support the complaint' ...." Lowrey v. Glassman , 908 A.2d 30, 36 (D.C. 2006) (quoting Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. , 477 U.S. 242, 249, 106 S.Ct. 2505, 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986) ). " 'If the evidence is merely colorable, or is not significantly probative, summary judgment may be granted.' " Brown v. George Washington Univ. , 802 A.2d 382, 385 (D.C. 2002) (quoting Anderson , 477 U.S. at 249-50, 106 S.Ct. 2505 ) (citations omitted). The question is "not whether there is literally no…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. School Bd. of Nassau Cty. v. ArlineSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Francis J. Kelly v. Drexel UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
  4. Ruiz Rivera v. PEIZER PHARMACEUTICALS, LLCCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
  5. Hubert Wooten v. Farmland FoodsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995

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