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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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The development of the law has always been dynamic, with courts and legislatures alike initiating change as situations are presented. Sometimes the legislatures follow the courts, as they did, for example, when adopting the Uniform Commercial Code that incorporated the doctrine of unconscionability,[50] recognized first as a common law development;[51] or when enacting, in this jurisdiction, legislation reflecting earlier judicial action[52] to protect tenants against retaliatory eviction for reporting housing code violations.[53]