District of Columbia, March, 2003, State Case law

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State Courts - District of Columbia - March 27 - April 3, 2003

In re Estate of Johnson, No. 02-PR-394, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, March 27, 2003, Decided
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Overview: Defendant who contested a will did not have the right to a jury trial under either District of Columbia Code or the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and trial court correctly denied his demand for a jury trial and conducted a bench trial.

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In re Kooritzky, No. 02-BG-1414, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, March 27, 2003, Filed
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Jackson v. United States, No. 99-CM-575, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, March 27, 2003, Decided
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Overview: Trial court's judgment convicting a husband of violating the District of Columbia statute that prohibited malicious destruction of property after he damaged the door of a house he co-owned with his wife while trying to enter the house was upheld.

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Mendez v. D.C. Dep't of Empl. Servs., No. 02-AA-604, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, March 27, 2003, Decided
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Overview: District of Columbia (D.C.) Workers' Compensation Act barred an employee who worked for a Maryland company and received workers' compensation benefits from Maryland for an injury he sustained while working in D.C. from receiving benefits from D.C.

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Pitt v. D.C. Dep't of Corr., NO. 01-CV-1446, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, March 27, 2003, Decided
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Overview: Substantial evidence did not support dismissal of government employee's appeal of his termination, based on the alleged adoption by his labor representative of the CBA negotiated by his prior representative, requiring arbitration rather than appeal.

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Valentine v. Elliott (In re Estate of Delaney), No. 97-PR-1217, Nos. 98-PR-934, 98-PR-1104, 98-PR-1771, 99-PR-531, 99-PR-1392 & 99-PR-1619, Nos. 00-PR-71, 00-PR-768 & 00-PR-808, Nos. 00-PR-873, 00-PR-904 & 00-PR-905, No. 01-PR-1469, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, March 27, 2003, Decided
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Overview: A decedent's long-time companion was precluded from pursuing a will contest or an attempted election against his will by the running of the limitations period; so-called joint accounts were only for convenience. Her conduct was not in bad faith.

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Bruce v. United States, No. 02-CF-97, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, April 3, 2003, Decided
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Overview: Defendant's proffer of evidence that his brother had committed the crime was insufficient, given that he failed to show that eyewitnesses might confuse him with his brother or that his brother's offenses were similar to the one in question.

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