MOOREHEAD v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 97-CV-881.

747 A.2d 138 (2000)

Donzell W. MOOREHEAD, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. McGuire, for appellant.

Sheila Kaplan, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Jo Anne Robinson, Principal Deputy Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Rena K. Schild, Assistant Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY, STEADMAN, and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant Moorehead seeks reversal of the trial court's pre-trial dismissal of his claims against the District of Columbia on several grounds. First, he contends that the issue of whether a special police officer licensed by the District is an agent of the District for purposes of respondeat superior is a question for the jury, and that the court therefore should not have dismissed his respondeat superior claim before trial. Second...

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