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· 6/28/1985

Stager v. Schneider

Citations

  • 494 A.2d 1307
  • 1985 D.C. App. LEXIS 423

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that “[c]ontributory negligence is the failure to act with the prudence demanded of an ordinary 9 The Government argues that Harris-DeVaughn v. United States, 241 F. Supp. 3d 186 (D.D.C. 2017
  • permitting consortium claim where failure to disclose test results occurred prior to marriage but was discovered during marriage
  • applying same rule to civil cases, and stating that “it seldom will constitute error to deny the missing witness instruction or to prohibit argument of the missing witness inference”
  • “Contributory negligence is the failure to act with the prudence demanded of an ordinary person under like circumstances.”
  • \Contributory negligence is the failure to act with the prudence demanded of an ordinary person under like circumstances.\
  • “Contributory negligence is the failure to act with the prudence demanded of an ordinary reasonable person under like circumstances.”

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Judges: Newman, Ferren

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