Legal Opinion
Killingham v. Wilshire Investments Corp.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 30, 1999No. 97-CV-457PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
In this landlord and tenant action, Marilyn Killingham appeals from a jury verdict which, while abating somewhat the back rent she owed, awarded possession of her apartment to her landlord, Wilshire Investments Corp. (hereafter the Landlord), as well as a money judgment of $1295.87 plus costs to the Landlord. On appeal, Killingham’s primary arguments relate to the trial judge’s decisions permitting the Landlord to amend its complaint to exclude a claim for back rent for an apartment unit she no longer occupied, and correspondingly refusing to let her introduce…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Javins v. First National Realty Corp.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Weisman v. MiddletonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Drayton v. Poretsky Management, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- District of Columbia v. PattersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Mahdi v. Poretsky Management, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Killingham v. District of Columbia Rental Housing CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- Breezevale Ltd. v. DickinsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
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