WASHINGTON v. HOUSING AUTH. OF CITY OF COLUMBIA

No. 21-2059.

58 F.4th 170 (2023)

Danielle WASHINGTON, Personal Representative of the Estate of Calvin Witherspoon Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA, a/k/a Columbia Housing Authority, a/k/a Columbia Housing, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 19, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Allan Hricik , LAW OFFICES OF RICHARD A. HRICIK, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, for Appellant. Charles Franklin Turner, Jr., WILLSON JONES CARTER BAXLEY, P.A., Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Amanda C. Dure , PANGIA LAW GROUP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge Wynn wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Senior Judge Floyd joined.


This case arises out of the death of Calvin Witherspoon, Jr., who died of carbon monoxide poisoning at his city-owned apartment in Columbia, South Carolina. Plaintiff Danielle Washington, Witherspoon's daughter and the personal representative of his estate, appeals the district court's dismissal of her complaint against the...

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