Clark v. Bridges, 75 A.3d 149 (2013)

Citation: Clark v. Bridges, 75 A.3d 149 (2013)
Parent Document: Clark v. Bridges, 75 A.3d 149 (2013)
Jurisdiction: DC (municipal)
Effective Date: 2013-08-22
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5147069/clark-v-bridges/ ↗

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On appeal, the landlord complains about the trial court’s rulings narrowing the various breaches of the lease he initially presented and allowing only a single claim of breach to go to the jury: whether the tenant had denied potential purchasers reasonable access to the property. During a pretrial hearing, the trial court eliminated the landlord’s other claimed breaches for various reasons. The landlord’s claim that the tenant had failed to make or pay for repairs was eliminated because the landlord was not able to demonstrate that he asked the tenant to make or pay for those repairs during the “cure” period after he sent his notice of eviction. The landlord’s claim that an unauthorized person was living at the residence was eliminated as a discovery sanction after the landlord failed to supplement his interrogatory responses to indicate which unauthorized person he believed had resided at the property during the relevant time period. Then, the trial court also ruled that the landlord had failed to demonstrate that he had any evidence related to fighting on the property that supported a timely or legally cognizable basis for evicting the tenant on that basis.

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