Jimenez v. Hawk’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 3 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on District of Columbia v. White · Corley v. BP Oil Corp. · Hughes v. District of Columbia · Remeikis v. Boss & Phelps, Inc. · Wagshal v. District of Columbia
Most-quoted passages
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“The jury in the instant case surely could use its common sense and everyday experience to infer reasonably from the evidence that an abandoned tank neither removed from nor secured in the ground as required by the D.C. Fire Code, in which used motor oil had been stored over the years, constituted negligence; and that when pipes leading into the tanks were wholly or partially exposed to the work area where appellant was welding ... the resultant sparks consti tuted a fire hazard for a person working there.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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