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· 6/18/1987

District of Columbia v. Peters

Citations

  • 527 A.2d 1269
  • 1987 D.C. App. LEXIS 374

How courts have described this case

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  • expert testimony necessary to establish standard of care necessary in training officers to deal with mentally disturbed persons or those under influence of drugs
  • expert required to establish standard of care for training police officers to deal with mentally disturbed persons or those under the influence of drugs
  • plaintiff who struck officer before officer used force able to proceed on negligent training claim only if he introduced expert testimony
  • expert testimony necessary to establish standard of care in training officers to deal with mentally disturbed persons or those under influence of drugs

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Judges: Pryor, Ferren, Belson

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