SANDOE v. LEFTA ASSOCIATES

Nos. 86-1506, 87-149.

559 A.2d 732 (1988)

R. Sonya SANDOE and John Sandoe, Appellants, v. LEFTA ASSOCIATES and Norair Engineering Corp., Appellee. LEFTA ASSOCIATES, Cross-Appellant, v. NORAIR ENGINEERING CORP., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 5, 1988.

As Amended May 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice R. Dunie, Washington, D.C., with whom Patricia E. Connelly was on the brief, for appellants.

Walter J. Murphy, Jr. for appellee/cross-appellant Lefta Associates.

Thomas M. Hogan, Washington, D.C., for appellee Norair Engineering Corp.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and MACK and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

These consolidated appeals raise two principal issues: the constitutionality of the District's statute of repose, D.C.Code § 12-310 (1981), and the sufficiency of the jury instructions on the standard of care that is owed by a landowner to a person lawfully on the premises. Appellants R. Sonya Sandoe and John Sandoe and appellee/cross-appellant Lefta Associates contend that the statute violates due process and equal protection because its...

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