Defendant was indicted for assault with intent to kill while armed, in violation of D.C. Code Ann. § 22-501 (1981) and D.C. Code Ann. § 22-3202 (Supp. 1988). Defendant was convicted and was sentenced to imprisonment for 12 to 36 years. Defendant...

Appellant estate administrator sought review of an order from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, which, in an action against appellee insurance association for negligence and bad faith breach of an insurance contract in refusing to settle...

The trial court disqualified the appellant ex-wife's counsel because it found that he had previously represented the ex-husband eight years earlier in litigation arising out of the parties' divorce and that he was presumed to know confidences...

Petitioner individuals challenged the decision of the Board of Zoning Adjustment (Board), which upon remand, concluded that the disqualification of the intervenors' attorneys was not required in an underlying civil action. The Board argued that a...

Appellant challenged his convictions, asserting: (1) the performance of his trial attorney was adversely affected by an actual conflict of interest; and (2) the trial court committed error in imposing a consecutive sentence for escape. Appellant alleged...

Appellant client was a general partner is a partnership with her brother and sister. The law firm represented the partnership, as well as the brother and the sister on matters relating to the partnership. When the law firm refused the client access to...

On the day of trial, defense counsel moved to withdraw pursuant to D.C. Bar R. 2-110(C)(1)(d), which provided for permissive withdrawal where the client insisted that the lawyer pursue a course of conduct that was prohibited. The motion was based on an...

The non-patient's husband had died from the disease. When the non-patient died from the disease only a few days after her husband, her son filed a suit against the husband's physician and alleged that his negligence in failing to advise the non...

The decedent, who was 19 years of age, was killed when a motorcycle he was driving collided with the driver's automobile. At trial, as to the standard of care to be applied to the decedent's conduct, the trial court, over the driver's objection...

A group of plaintiffs, most of whom are not California residents, sued Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) in California state court, alleging that the pharmaceutical company's drug Plavix had damaged their health. BMS is incorporated in Delaware and...