Legal Opinion
East Capitol View Community Development Corp. v. Robinson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 7, 2008No. 06-CV-195PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:
East Capitol View Community Development Corporation, Inc. (“appellant”), appeals from a judgment in favor of Denean Robinson (“appellee”) for breach of an employment contract. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the doctrine of impossibility of performance in a breach of contract case where the breaching party claimed that a revocation of grant funding rendered its payment to an employee under a written one-year employment contract impossible. We disagree and affirm.
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East Capitol hired Denean Robinson pursuant to a written…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Psychiatric Institute of Washington v. AllenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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