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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Parreco v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 885 A.2d 327 (2005)

Citation
Parreco v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 885 A.2d 327 (2005)
Parent Document
Parreco v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 885 A.2d 327 (2005)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
2005-12-06

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increase notice. The petition form specifically prompted the tenant to raise the issue of defective notice, but the tenant did not check the box to do so, nor did he mention anything about the notice in the narrative space of the petition. The tenant had the opportunity to raise this issue in his opening statement and in his case-in-chief, but did not. A petition must give a defending party fair notice of the grounds upon which a claim is based, so that the defending party has the opportunity to adequately prepare its defense and thus ensure that the claim is fully and fairly litigated. See Autocomp, Inc. v. Publishing Computer Service, Inc.,