Legal Opinion
Giles v. Shell Oil Corp.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 8, 1985No. 83-1450PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
On appeal appellant argues that the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to ap-pellee should be reversed. Specifically, appellant contends a material factual dispute exists concerning appellee’s degree of control over and knowledge of acts of its lessee and his employees. We disagree and therefore affirm.
Appellant’s son was fatally shot by a Shell Oil service station attendant on December 6,1980. The gun used in the shooting had been entrusted to the attendant by the station manager. Some three weeks earlier, the attendant shot a hole into the station ceiling while…
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