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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

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

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

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[5] Linkins v. Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, 87 U.S.App. D.C. 351, 355, 187 F.2d 357, 361 (1950) (common law "should not be followed where changes in conditions have made it obsolete"; court has "never hesitated to exercise the usual judicial function of revising and enlarging the common law"). See also Kay v. Cain, 81 U.S.App.D.C. 24, 25, 154 F.2d 305, 306 (1946).