Legal Opinion
National Telephone Cooperative Ass'n v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 3, 2001No. 99-7124PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff in this case won a jury verdict and judgment on the theory that the defendant negligently performed an environmental remediation; the central question before us is whether the plaintiff at trial established the standard of care, which is necessary to support the judgment in its favor. Under the law of the District of Columbia, if the applicable standard of care in a negligence action is “beyond the ken of the average layperson,” then the plaintiff must establish that standard through the testimony of an…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Western Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Brumark Corp. v. Samson Resources Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- District of Columbia v. Arnold & PorterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- District of Columbia v. MitchellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Messina v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Briggs v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2007
- The Chlorine Institute, Inc. v. Soo Line RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
- Paul Burke v. Air Serv International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2012
- District of Columbia v. District of Columbia Public Service CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
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