Gray v. Citizens Bank of Washington

Unlike my concurring colleague, I found no difficulty whatsoever in agreeing with Judge Farrell’s opinion holding that the dismissal of appellant-plaintiff’s complaint must be affirmed. This disposition was compelled by controlling precedent, including not only Adams v. George W. Cochran & Co., 597 A.2d 28 (D.C.1991), but also by Ivy v. Army Times Publishing Co., 428 A.2d 831 (D.C.1981) (en banc) and the cases cited in Hall v. Ford, 272 U.S.App.D.C. 301, 313, 856 F.2d 255, 267 (1988). I would have refrained from expressing my own views had it not been for Judge Schwelb’s separate opinion…