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

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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

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. This would be a different case if, for example, funding had been approved, an acceptable cleaning plan had been developed, and District officials simply needed a little more time and the landlord’s acquiescence to begin implementing it. The majority opinion contains assertions such as the following: "Here, the tenant has proffered that the D.C. government will clean the apartment and keep it clean. Prima facie that will solve the problem. ...” Ante at 1137. Such assertions reflect a misreading of the record. At most, Ms. Douglas’s counsel was proffering only what he hoped and expected the District government would be willing and able to do. The majority opinion relies on counsel’s opaque statement that his witnesses — a mental health specialist with the Department of Mental Health and a social worker with Adult Protective Services — could "satisfy” the landlord that the District government would "get the place cleaned up.” Id. at 1117. Since no plan had been developed and funding had not been approved, that statement counts for little.