Legal Opinion
Rice v. Simmons
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 12, 1947No. 499PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAGETT, Associate Judge.
Plaintiff sued defendant, owner and operator of a used car sales business, for damage to plaintiff’s taxicab. The damage resulted when the taxicab, which was legally parked near the corner of 11th and Monroe Streets, Northwest, was run into by an automobile owned by defendant and driven by one of his employees. It was admitted that the negligence of defendant’s employee was the proximate cause of the collision, and the only dispute at the trial was the responsibility of the defendant for the negligence of his employee. The trial court, sitting without a jury, first…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Columbia River Packers Assn., Inc. v. HintonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Corr v. HoffmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Rosenberg v. MurrayCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
- Curry v. StevensonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1928
- Hiscox v. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Conrad v. PorterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1951
- Coles v. Redskin Realty Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1962
- Miller v. Imperial Insurance IncorporatedDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1963
- Cohen v. HolmesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954
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