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· 4/13/1987

District of Columbia v. Doe

Citations

  • 524 A.2d 30
  • 38 Educ. L. Rep. 1037
  • 1987 D.C. App. LEXIS 327

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that “the probative evidence presented by [the plaintiffs] of a criminally active environment raised a factual issue of foreseeability ... sufficient for submission to the jury”
  • stating that “[evidence of prior incidents is generally admissible to show a defendant’s notice or knowledge of a dangerous condition that causes an injury”
  • comparing Kelly’s risk profile “to ten other randomly selected offenders with similar profiles” and finding “that all ten had gone on to commit serious crimes”
  • declining to finally resolve the issue in the “absence of a fuller record”
  • abduction from school property and subsequent rape

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Judges: Pryor, Newman, Steadman

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