TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY v. VOSSOUGHI

No. 05-CV-1165.

963 A.2d 1162 (2009)

TRUSTEES OF the UNIVERSITY OF the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellants, v. Jafar VOSSOUGHI, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 15, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary T. Connelly, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General for the District of Columbia at the time the brief was filed, Linda Singer, Attorney General for the District of Columbia at the time, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Solicitor General at the time, were on the briefs, for appellants.

Jonathan C. Dailey, Washington, with whom Robert C. Kostecka was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, GLICKMAN, Associate Judge, and FARRELL, Associate Judge, Retired.


GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Dr. Jafar Vossoughi sued the University of the District of Columbia ("UDC") for destroying his personal property — unique scientific instruments and other equipment, voluminous teaching materials, unpublished research data, and other items — when it cleaned out his biomechanical research laboratory without his knowledge in order to devote the space to other uses. The case was tried to a jury, which found

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