Legal Opinion
Lyons v. Jordan
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 1987No. 85-1153PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellants seek reversal of a default judgment entered against them as a discovery sanction. Appellants further allege that the trial court denied their right to participate in the hearing on damages and that appellees were not entitled to an award of punitive damages. We affirm.
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This case arose from the sale of an apartment building by the Lyons, appellant-defendants, to the Jordans, appellee-plain-tiffs. The Jordans sued for breach of contract and fraud, alleging that the Lyons failed to make agreed repairs and to disclose outstanding housing code violations and a…
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