SIGMUND v. STARWOOD URBAN RETAIL VI, LLC

No. 08-7137.

617 F.3d 512 (2010)

Donald Wright SIGMUND, Appellant v. STARWOOD URBAN RETAIL VI, LLC, et al., Appellees v. Wolf & Cohen Life Insurance, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Cornoni argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Patrick M. Regan . Thanos Basdekis entered an appearance.

Brian E. Hoffman argued the cause for appellees Starwood Urban Retail VI, LLC, et al. With him on the brief were Jeffrey R. Schmieler , Steven Roy Migdal , and Timothy E. Fizer .

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.


GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

Solon, the ancient Athenian lawgiver, made no law against patricide because he thought it impossible that anyone could commit so unnatural a crime. Two and a half millennia later, Freud famously claimed the opposite—that every son harbors murderous impulses toward his father. In this case, we side with the lawyer not the psychoanalyst. Donald Sigmund, the accidental victim of a car bomb that...

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