Tag Archives: DC Court of Appeals
D.C. Court of Appeals: TOPA Extensions Must Be Defined To Preserve Tenant Rights
In an important new ruling construing the Tenants Opportunity to Purchase Act (“TOPA”), the D.C. Court of Appeals held on September 23, 2015, that extensions of the deadlines for a seller and a tenant association to negotiate a sales contract must be express and contain a definite end-date to ... Read More
DC: Defect in notice of foreclosure did not create substantial risk of misleading record owner
In Dennis T. Comer v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA, No. 13-CV-1025 (D.C. Jan. 29, 2015), the D.C. Court of Appeals was called upon to review whether the trial court had properly dismissed counts of an amended complaint in connection with a wrongful disclosure In 2008, Mr. Comer was approved for ... Read More
DC: Filing a lis pendens may expose filer to claim if the underlying lawsuit was filed in bad faith
In Havilah Real Property Services, LLC v. VLK, LLC, et al., the D.C Court of Appeals recently addressed the merits of litigation and the privilege associated with the recordation of lis pendens in a lengthy dispute between Havilah and VLK that was directly related to a personal dispute between ... Read More
DCCA Affirms Economic Loss Doctrine Dismissing $5M Flooding Lawsuit
In Jose A. Aguilar, et al. v RP MRP Washington Harbour, LLC, et al., the D.C. Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court that MRP cannot be sued for negligence "where a claimant seeks to recover purely economic losses sustained as a result of an interruption ... Read More