Potts v. District of Columbia

How courts have described this case

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• \the plaintiff has the burden of establishing that the criminal act was so foreseeable that a duty arises to guard against it\
• “In this case, as in Bailey and Clement, plaintiffs proffered no evidence of any prior gun-related violence at any other event held at the WCC or promoted by Spencer Promotions.” (emphasis added)
• “the plaintiff has the burden of establishing that the criminal act was so foreseeable that a duty arises to guard against it”
• summary judgment warranted in light of plaintiff's failure to provide evidence of any prior gun-related violence at similar events, \nor any other specific evidence bearing directly on the foreseeability of the shooting incident at issue\
• “Our opinions have made clear the demanding nature of the requirement of ‘precise’ proof of a ‘heightened showing of foreseeability’ in the context of an intervening criminal act involving the discharge of weapons.”
• summary judgment warranted in light of plaintiffs failure to provide evidence of any prior gun-related violence at similar events, “nor any other specific evidence bearing directly on the foreseeability of the shooting incident at issue”

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