Legal Opinion
Jose A. Aguilar v. RP MRP Washington Harbour, LLC
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 4, 2014No. 13-CV-329PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:
This case raises a matter of first impression: whether the District of Columbia will follow the majority of jurisdictions by adopting the “economic loss doctrine,” which prohibits claims of negligence where a claimant seeks to recover purely economic losses sustained as a result of an interruption in commerce caused by a third party. We answer that question in the affirmative.
I. Factual Background
On June 15, 2011, appellants 1 filed a negligence claim in Superior Court against appellees RP MRP Washington Harbour, LLC and RP MRP Real Estate Services Group,…
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