Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Washington Ex Rel. Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 5, 1975No. 8055PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This appeal arises from a judgment in favor of appellees for $5,209.10 in an action for damages based on personal injuries suffered by infant appellee on a sliding board located on a District of Columbia public school playground. The primary issue is the admissibility of a schoolteacher’s post-injury hearsay statement made to the infant’s aunt. The statement was to the effect that the schoolteacher had warned the school principal several days earlier that the sliding board was defective. Pursuant to the hearsay exception for vicarious admissions by the agent or…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Griffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Lottie R. Seganish and Daniel Seganish v. District of Columbia Safeway Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Holland v. TullerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Martin v. Savage Truck Line, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1954
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Short v. District of Columbia Department of Employment ServicesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
- Chaabi v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Taylor v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
- Pratt v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Speights v. 800 Water Street, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
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