Hughes v. District of Columbia

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding in a prisoner negligence 21 case that the plaintiff must proffer expert testimony to establish the standard of care
• plaintiff “must show ... that what occurred in the case at bar was a negligent deviation from the demonstrated acceptable standard”
• plaintiff “must show ... that what occurred in the case at bar was a negligent deviation from the demonstrated acceptable standard”
• expert testimony or other evidence was required to show that prison security system was not operated with reasonable care
• expert testimony or other evidence was required to show that prison security system was not operated with reasonable care
• “The question of whether prison officials acted reasonably to secure the safety of an inmate is not one within the realm of the everyday experiences of a lay person.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).