Douglas v. Kriegsfeld Corp., 884 A.2d 1109 (2005)

Citation: Douglas v. Kriegsfeld Corp., 884 A.2d 1109 (2005)
Parent Document: Douglas v. Kriegsfeld Corp., 884 A.2d 1109 (2005)
Jurisdiction: DC (municipal)
Effective Date: 2005-10-13
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1472683/douglas-v-kriegsfeld-corp/ ↗

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Despite its evident appreciation that Ms. Douglas in fact never made a specific enough request for accommodation, Judge Ferren’s opinion offers two reasons for refusing to affirm the trial court. The first reason is that the February 20 letter “supplied enough detail”3 to obligate the landlord to “open a dialogue with the tenant” and “press[] for particulars.” Ante at 1137. “By declining to do so,” the majority asserts, “the landlord failed to demonstrate any missing element or other inherent defect in the tenant’s proposal [and] thereby kept the level of specificity *1162required to establish prima facie ‘reasonableness’ at the minimum.” Id. at 1137. The second reason advanced by the majority is that it is, supposedly, “clear from the record that any more detail proffered by the tenant to the trial court would have been fruitless,” because the court’s rulings against Ms. Douglas on other grounds “would likely have forestalled further inquiry into whether any kind of stay, coupled with a cleaning effort, would have been reasonable.” Ante at 1138.

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