District of Columbia, July, 2008, State Case law

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State Courts - District of Columbia - July 17, 2008

Minch v. District of Columbia, No. 04-CV-1397, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, July 17, 2008, Decided
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Overview: District of Columbia was granted summary judgment on a citizen's claims of false arrest, false imprisonment, defamation, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress because the police acted in good faith and within the scope of their duties when they arrested and detained the citizen, and issued a press release to that effect.

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Murray v. Wells Fargo Home Mortg., No. 06-CV-1383, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, July 17, 2008, Decided
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Overview: Owners' breach of contract, breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing, and District of Columbia Consumer Protection Act, D.C. Code ? 28-3801 et seq., claims against a mortgagee, the mortgagee's agent, and the foreclosure trustees over a foreclosure were denied because the statute of limitations under D.C. Code ? 12-301 barred the claims.

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Snead v. Watkins (In re Estate of McDaniel), No. 07-PR-320, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, July 17, 2008, Decided
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Overview: An order reducing an attorney's petition for reasonable counsel fees made pursuant to D.C. Code ? 20-753(b), D.C. R. Prof. Conduct 1.5(a), and D.C. Super. Ct. R. Prob. Div. 308, incurred for services rendered in an intervention proceeding. was reversed since the trial court made no specific findings as to why it reduced the request as made.

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Wages v. United States, Nos. 02-CF-142 and 05-CO-323, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, July 17, 2008, Decided
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Overview: There was sufficient evidence to sustain defendants conviction for malicious disfigurement while armed, in violation of D.C. Code ? 22-406, based on defendant shooting at the victim multiple times, his proximity to the victim, and the clear calculation of intentionally shooting the victim in the face, causing the victim to lose an eye.

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