Legal Opinion
Phelan v. City of Mount Rainier
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 22, 2002No. 98-CV-1096PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAGNER, Chief Judge:
Jeffrey Phelan was shot and killed on the steps of his home in the District of Columbia by Wesley Thompson, then an off-duty police officer with the City of Mount Rainier, Maryland. Appellant Karen Phelan, decedent’s widow, individually and as personal representative of the decedent’s estate, and to the use of decedent’s parents, Donna and Michael Phelan (collectively “Appellant”), filed a complaint un der the Wrongful Death and Survival Acts and for civil rights violations against Wesley Thompson, individually and as a Mount Rainier police officer, Mount Rainier Police…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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