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AUTO WORLD, INC. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 91-CV-1431.

627 A.2d 11 (1993)

AUTO WORLD, INC., Appellant v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 28, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Stern, for appellant.

Edward E. Schwab, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and TERRY and KING, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Chief Judge:

Appellant Auto World, Inc., appeals from the dismissal of its complaint for failure to state a cause of action under the public duty doctrine. Concluding that Auto World failed to show that it fell within the special relationship exception to the public duty doctrine, and hence failed to show that the District owed it a duty, we affirm.

I.

Auto World is a used car dealership in Arlington, Virginia. According to the complaint...

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