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   State Courts - District of Columbia - May 24 - May 30, 2007

  
Bausch v. D.C. Police & Firefighters' Ret., No. 04-AA-1335, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 24, 2007, Decided
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Overview: District of Columbia Police and Firefighters' Retirement and Relief Board's calculation of an annuity pursuant to D.C. Code § 5-710(e) was approved because the "final decision" in D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 7, § 2515.3(c) was the Board's granting a firefighter disability retirement and determining--albeit incorrectly--the percentage of his disability.

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Griffin v. Acacia Life Ins. Co., Nos. 02-CV-1451 and 02-CV-1452, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 24, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Automatic dismissal of retaliation claim by Officer of Human Rights, in accordance with worksharing agreement, amounted to dismissal based on administrative convenience, with result employee still had right to sue court. Negligence supervision claim could not be based on alleged violation of District of Columbia Human Rights Act or Title VII.

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Hospitality Temps Corp. v. District of Columbia, No. 04-TX-1599, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 24, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Taxpayer's appeal of a notice of tax deficiency was denied because the housekeeping services performed for hotels by the taxpayer's temporary staffing employees were within the category of "real property maintenance" as defined in D.C. Code § 47-2001(n)(1)(M)(i)(I), and were thus subject to the sales and use tax of D.C. Code § 47-2002.

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In re Iweanoge, Nos. 05-BG-1217 & 06-BG-1079, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 24, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Attorney was publicly censured in a reciprocal disciplinary proceeding because the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility's recommendation of public censure was not opposed. Further, the reviewing court found substantial support in the record for the Board's findings, and thus accepted them pursuant to D.C. Bar R. XI, § 11(f)(1).

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Kotsch v. District of Columbia, No. 02-CV-1447, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 24, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Summary judgment to the District of Columbia and two police officer's was improper as to an arrestee's claims of assault and battery and excessive force because a jury could have concluded that the unlawfulness of the officers' alleged action was so apparent that no reasonable officer could have believed in the lawfulness of the action.

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Lofton v. United States, No. 06-CO-1611, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 24, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Because D.C. Ct. App. R. 9 gave the trial court the authority and the duty to rule on defendant's motion for release pending appeal even though defendant had already filed a notice of appeal, it erred in denying the motion.

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Square 345 Ltd. P'ship v. District of Columbia, No. 04-TX-97, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 24, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Attrition fee a hotel charged groups for the difference between the actual room nights used by participants in groups and the minimum number of room nights guaranteed by groups that used the hotel for an event was properly taxed by the District of Columbia as the retail sale of a hotel room, pursuant to D.C. Code §§ 47-2001(n)(1)(c) and 47-2002(2).

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Wright v. D.C. Dep't of Empl. Servs., No. 05-AA-764, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 30, 2007, Filed
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