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Date: 04-11-2024
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Case Number: 1:24-cv-00306
Judge: Beryl A. Howell
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Washington County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Alan Richard Fawcett
Defendant's Attorney: Brendan Hayes Chandonnet
Description: Washington, DC personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory.
§ 16–2701. Liability; damages; prior recovery as precluding action.
(a) When, by an injury done or happening within the limits of the District, the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of a person or corporation, and the act, neglect, or default is such as will, if death does not ensue, entitle the person injured, or if the person injured is married or domestic partnered, entitle the spouse or domestic partner, either separately or by joining with the injured person, to maintain an action and recover damages, the person who or corporation that is liable if death does not ensue is liable to an action for damages for the death, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, even though the death is caused under circumstances that constitute a felony.
(b) The damages shall be assessed with reference to the injury resulting from the act, neglect, or default causing the death, to the spouse or domestic partner and the next of kin of the deceased person; and shall include the reasonable expenses of last illness and burial. Where there is a surviving spouse or domestic partner, the jury shall allocate the portion of its verdict payable to the spouse or domestic partner and next of kin, respectively, according to the finding of damage to the spouse or domestic partner and next of kin. If, in a particular case, the verdict is deemed excessive, the trial judge or the appellate court, on appeal of the cause, may order a reduction of the verdict. An action may not be maintained pursuant to this chapter if the party injured by the wrongful act, neglect, or default has recovered damages therefor during his life.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term “domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3).
Outcome: 04/01/2024 7 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by RAKIM DAWKINS (Fawcett, Alan) (Entered: 04/01/2024)
04/01/2024 MINUTE ORDER (paperless) DISMISSING this matter, with prejudice, pursuant to plaintiff's 7 Notice of Voluntary Dismissal and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(i). The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case. Signed by Judge Beryl A. Howell on April 1, 2024. (lcbah2) (Entered: 04/01/2024)
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