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MILLER v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 02-CV-1312.

841 A.2d 1244 (2004)

Nadia MILLER, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 5, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kenneth Kruvant and Joseph B. Espo for appellant.

Donna M. Murasky, Senior Litigation Counsel, with whom Arabella W. Teal, Interim Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, SCHWELB and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

This tragic case, which arises from the accidental death of two children in a fire, requires us once again to consider the reach of the "public duty" doctrine, which generally protects the District, inter alia, from liability for alleged negligence on the part of police officers and firefighters in carrying out rescue operations. Nadia Miller, individually and as a personal representative of the estates of her deceased minor children...

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