Legal Opinion
Sandoe v. Lefta Associates
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 12, 1989No. 86-1506, 87-149PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Chief Judge:
These consolidated appeals raise two principal issues: the constitutionality of the District’s statute of repose, D.C.Code § 12-310 (1981), and the sufficiency of the jury instructions on the standard of care that is owed by a landowner to a person lawfully on the premises. Appellants R. Sonya Sandoe and John Sandoe and appel-lee/cross-appellant Lefta Associates contend that the statute violates due process and equal protection because its distinction between construction professionals and owners and occupiers of land is an arbitrary classification that is not rationally…
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