Legal Opinion

Barimany v. Urban Pace LLC

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 1, 2013No. 12-CV-982PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EASTERLY, Associate Judge:

Appellants Rachelle Barimany and Erik Dove appeal the trial court’s dismissal of their tort action against Appellee Urban Pace LLC (“Urban Pace”) for wrongful involvement in litigation. They argue that the trial court improperly applied Virginia law instead of District of Columbia law; alternatively, they argue that, even if Virginia law (specifically the Virginia Condominium Act, Va.Code Ann. §§ 55-79.39 to -79.103 (2010)) applied, it did not immunize Urban Pace from liability. We need not determine whether the trial court properly looked to Virginia law to…

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