Douglas v. Kriegsfeld Corp., 884 A.2d 1109 (2005)

Citation: Douglas v. Kriegsfeld Corp., 884 A.2d 1109 (2005)
Parent Document: Douglas v. Kriegsfeld Corp., 884 A.2d 1109 (2005)
Jurisdiction: DC (municipal)
Effective Date: 2005-10-13
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1472683/douglas-v-kriegsfeld-corp/ ↗

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Later, at a pretrial conference, the court asked for briefs on the question whether the tenant should be permitted to present her discrimination defense based on the landlord’s failure to make a “reasonable accommodation” of her alleged mental disability.3 Thereafter, the trial court denied the tenant’s motion for summary judgment, and on the day set for trial, June 17, 2002, the court heard testimony and argument on the reasonable accommodation issue prior to selection of the jury. The trial court conducted this hearing primarily to find out whether the tenant’s proffered “mental health experts” — D.C. government employees James Sutton of the Department of Mental Health and Damon Byrd of Adult Protective Services — were qualified to testify, and whether their testimony would support a finding that the tenant’s mental illness caused her to leave the apartment in an unclean, unsanitary condition, a finding the court believed was required to support a “reasonable accommodation” defense.

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