BLAIR v. DIST. OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 16-CV-1211 & 16-CV-1212.

190 A.3d 212 (2018)

Walter BLAIR, II, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA & Thaddeus Modlin, Jr., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack A. Gold , with whom Ronald A. Karp and Zachary King were on the brief, for appellant.

Lucy E. Pittman , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General at the time the brief was filed, and Loren L. AliKhan , Deputy Solicitor General at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Anthony Graham, Sr. , for appellee Thaddeus Modlin, Jr.

Before Fisher and Thompson, Associate Judges, and Ferren, Senior Judge.


This case arises from a lawsuit against the District of Columbia ("District") and an off-duty Metropolitan Police Department ("MPD") officer claiming assaultive and negligent conduct that injured the plaintiff-appellant during a melee. The officer, Thaddeus Modlin, allegedly kicked Walter Blair II several times in the head...

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