Legal Opinion
Tompkins v. Washington Hospital Center
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 22, 1981No. 80-123PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge, Retired:
This is an appeal from an order granting a motion for summary judgment filed by the defendant below in a negligence action. Appellant contends that there are material factual issues in dispute and that therefore summary judgment was improperly granted. She also contends that the trial court committed reversible error by granting ap-pellee’s motion for summary judgment pri- or to the lapse of ten days from the time the motion was served on appellant. 1
Appellee contends that the ten-day notice requirement of Rule 56(c) is not applicable to renewals of summary…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Morrison v. MacNamaraDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Bennett v. KigginsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Dewey v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Ikerd v. LapworthCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- James MacKlin v. Albert ButlerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Weinberg v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Wolf v. RegardieDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- District of Columbia v. Helen Dwight Reid Educational FoundationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
- Williams v. Mount Jezreel Baptist ChurchDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Gordon v. Raven Systems & Research, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
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