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GIORDANO v. INTERDONATO

No. 89-1378.

586 A.2d 714 (1991)

Antonia Interdonato GIORDANO, Appellant, v. Paul F. INTERDONATO, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Lenahan, Washington, D.C. for appellant.

Leonard C. Collins, with whom Timothy J. Battle was on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, SCHWELB, and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Many years ago the Supreme Court observed that, "At best [the] doctrine of election of remedies is a harsh, and now largely obsolete rule, the scope of which should not be extended." Friederichsen v. Renard, 247 U.S. 207, 213, 38 S.Ct. 450, 452, 62 L.Ed. 1075 (1918). The principal question in this appeal is whether the trial judge correctly applied the doctrine so as to require plaintiff, before submission...

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