Legal Opinion
Lacy v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 23, 1979No. 12858PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
Appellants are mother and daughter who brought action for damages they claim to have incurred when a janitor at the elementary school attended by the daughter in 1974 allegedly committed three sexual assaults on her. The jury returned a verdict in the amount of $640,000 against (1) the janitor, 1 on the theory of assault and battery, (2) the principal, a teacher, and a guidance counsellor of the school, on the theory that they were negligent in their care and supervision of the child, and (3) the District of Columbia, on the theory that it was responsible for this…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Alonzo Wayne Taylor v. The Washington Terminal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Rein J. Vander Zee v. Kimon T. KarabatsosCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Wingfield v. Peoples Drug Store, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- McDowell v. DavisArizona Supreme Court · 1968
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Finkelstein v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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