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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Carl v. Children's Hospital, 702 A.2d 159 (1997)

Citation
Carl v. Children's Hospital, 702 A.2d 159 (1997)
Parent Document
Carl v. Children's Hospital, 702 A.2d 159 (1997)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1997-09-23

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Reasonable persons will differ over how far the courts should go in any particular situation, but one should not lose sight of the legislature’s prerogative to overrule court decisions when no constitutional issue is involved. The court’s common law duty to assure a just result in areas where the legislature has remained silent—and where injury demands a remedy—coupled with a legislative check on adjudication that goes too far, reflects a judicial law-making tradition I am not willing to repudiate in this case or any other.