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· 9/8/2005

Childs v. Purll

Citations

  • 882 A.2d 227
  • 2005 D.C. App. LEXIS 470
  • 2005 WL 2219123

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • declining to decide “whether the Council intended ... to expand the private right of action” to cover landlord-tenant relations
  • reviewing on the merits the Superior Court’s order granting summary judgment for defendant despite plaintiff’s having failed to file an opposition before the order was entered
  • tenant precluded from bringing suit for personal injury under CPPA against landlord accused of misrepresentation about presence of lead-based paint in apartment
  • “[T]he Housing Regulations impose numerous duties on landlords and their agents to keep residential premises safe and habitable, and not to rent habitations that are unsafe.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Washington, Terry, Glickman

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