Legal Opinion
Curtis v. Cuff
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 14, 1987No. 86-515PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1073ROGERS, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment holding appellant Mary Rose Curtis liable under the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility .Act of the District of Columbia, D.C. Code § 40-408 (1981), for damages caused when her husband negligently drove their car. The trial court found that appellant jointly owned the car with her estranged husband and that the presumption arising from such ownership was sufficient evidence she had consented to his driving the car at the time of the accident. Because appellant offered uncontested evidence to rebut the statutory presumption of consent,…
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- Simon v. DewDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
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