Legal Opinion
Clark v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 18, 1997No. 95-CV-142PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This ease arises from the suicide of appellant Frankie Clark’s fourteen-year-old son K.F. that occurred while K.F. was in the custody of the appellee District of Columbia at the Receiving Home for Children (“Receiving Home”). Following a two-week jury trial, the trial court granted the District’s motion for directed verdict on appellant’s negligence claim. Because appellant failed to prove a violation of the requisite national standard of care, we affirm.
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K.F. was a mildly retarded young man who had a long history of behavioral problems, institutionalization and…
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