| Events |
| Event Date | Status | Description | Result |
| 11/11/2010 | | NOTICE OF APPEAL | |
| 11/30/2010 | | STATEMENT - from the aplt notifying the Court that no transcript will be ordered for this appeal case | |
| 12/02/2010 | | On consideration of the notice of appeal filed in this case on November 11, 2010, and the statement regarding transcript, and it appearing that no transcript is needed for this appeal, it is ORDERED that a briefing order will be issued upon the filing in this court, by the Clerk of the Superior Court, of the record index in accordance with D.C. App. R. 11 (b)(3)(A). (JAC) elp | |
| 12/10/2010 | | RECORD INDEX *(docketed by P.O. 3/16/11) (elp) | |
| 03/16/2011 | | RECORD COMPLETED | |
| 03/17/2011 | | It appearing that the complete record on appeal has been filed with this court, it is ORDERED that appellant's brief and the appendix including the documents required by D.C. App. R. 30 (a)(1), shall be filed within 40 days from the date of this order, and appellees' briefs shall be filed within 30 days thereafter. See D.C. App. R. 31. (JAC) elp | |
| 04/13/2011 | | APPELLEE'S MOTION TO DISMISS/WITHDRAW APPEAL D.C. | |
| 04/18/2011 | | TMC - appellee's motion to dismiss - appellant's motionS to stay briefing | |
| 04/21/2011 | | APPELLANT'S MOTION FOR STAY- OR EXTENSION OF BRIEFING schedule pending consideration of D.C.'s motion to dismiss no oppo LW | |
| 04/25/2011 | | APPELLANT'S ANSWER/RESPONSE- to d.c.'s motion to dismiss appeal LW | |
| 05/17/2011 | | APPELLANT'S MOTION FOR STAY-or extension of time to file brief pending consideration of motion to dismiss (second) | |
| 06/20/2011 | | ORDERED that D.C.'s MOTION TO DISMISS IS DENIED. When the trial court determined that D.C. was not liable, D.C. indemnification and contribution cross-claims were also resolved... It is FURTHER ORDERED that APPELLANT'S MOTIONS TO STAY BRIEFING ARE DENIED AS MOOT. It is FURTHER ORDERED that APPELLANT'S BRIEF and APPENDIX...W/N 40 DAYS and appellee's brief shall be filed W/N 30 DAYS THEREAFTER. (BRNBKG) | |
| 07/29/2011 | Filed | Brief (Appellant) | |
| 07/29/2011 | Filed | Joint Appendix (Appellant) | |
| 08/29/2011 | Filed | Motion For Extension Of Time to File Brief (Appellee) | Granted |
| 08/31/2011 | Filed | GRANT - Order Granting Motion For Extension Of Time to File Brief (Appellee) | |
| 09/30/2011 | Filed | Motion For Extension Of Time to File Brief (Appellee) | Granted |
| 10/13/2011 | Filed | Opposition to aple's second motion for ext of time to file brief (Appellant) | |
| 10/21/2011 | Filed | GRANT - Order Granting Motion For Extension Of Time to File Brief (Appellee) | |
| 12/02/2011 | Filed | Brief (Appellee) | |
| 12/02/2011 | Filed | Briefing Completed | |
| 12/23/2011 | Filed | Reply Brief (Appellant) | |
| 01/31/2012 | Filed | ACTION - Ready for Calendaring | |
| 02/08/2012 | Filed | Letter To Counsel/Party Re Future Calendaring | |
| 03/29/2012 | Filed | ACTION - Calendar notice sent | |
| 05/23/2012 | Filed | Argued before Judges Thompson, Easterly, Nebeker
Stephen D. Annand, Esq. for appellant
Carl J. Schifferle, Esq. for appellee | |
| 09/14/2012 | Filed | Ordered that the parties are to file simultaneous supplemental briefs on the question set out above within 30 days from the date of this order. | |
| 09/21/2012 | Filed | Motion For Extension Of Time to File Supplemental Brief (Appellee) | Granted |
| 10/02/2012 | Filed | Order Granting aple's motion for extension to file Supp briefs. | |
| 10/03/2012 | Filed | Motion For Extension Of Time to File supplemental brief Other (Appellee) | Granted |
| 10/10/2012 | Filed | Order Granting aple's second motion for an extension. | |
| 11/28/2012 | Filed | Supplemental Brief (Appellant) | |
| 11/28/2012 | Filed | Supplemental Brief (Appellee) | |
| 04/01/2013 | Filed | Rule 28(k) Citation Of Supplemental Authority (Appellee) | |
| 04/18/2013 | Filed | Answer/Response to appellee's Rcert filed 4/1/13 (Appellant) | |
| 09/12/2013 | Filed | Order Sua Sponte Staying Appeal | |
| 09/25/2014 | Filed | Affirmed (OPINION) (Thompson and Easterly, Associate Judges; and Nebeker, Senior Judge) | |
| 10/03/2014 | Filed | Motion For Extension Of Time to File Petition for rehearing/rehearing en banc (Appellant) | |
| 10/08/2014 | Filed | GRANT - Order Granting appellant's motion for an extension of time within which to file a petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc to November 10, 2014. | |
| 11/10/2014 | Filed | Petition For Rehearing/Rehearing En Banc (Appellant) | Granted |
| 11/20/2014 | Filed | Ordered that appellee, within 14 days from the date of this order, shall file a response (ten copies) thereto. | |
| 12/01/2014 | Filed | Motion For Extension Of Time to File to respond to the petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc Opposition/Reply/Answer (Appellee) | Granted |
| 12/05/2014 | Filed | GRANT - Order Granting appellee's motion for an extension of time within which to file a response to appellant's petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc to January 20, 2015. | |
| 01/16/2015 | Filed | Motion For Extension Of Time to File Opposition/Reply/Answer (Appellee) | |
| 01/20/2015 | Filed | GRANT - Order Granting appellee's motion for an extension of time within which to file a response to the petition for rehearing or rehearing en banc to March 6, 2015. | |
| 03/06/2015 | Filed | Opposition to Petition for Rehearing en Banc (Appellee) | |
| 06/15/2015 | Filed | Order Granting appellant's petition for rehearing en banc in appeal no. 10-CV-1425. | |
| 07/15/2015 | Filed | Motion to clarify and modify the briefing schedule (Appellee) | Granted |
| 08/21/2015 | Filed | GRANT - Order Granting the joint motion and appellants shall file their briefs on or before September 25, 2015, appellees shall file their briefs on or before November 10, 2015, and appellant's reply brief shall be filed on or before December 10, 2015. | |
| 09/25/2015 | Filed | Brief (Appellant-Allen) | |
| 09/25/2015 | Filed | Brief (Appellant Wright) | |
| 10/02/2015 | Filed | Brief (Amicus Curiae) | |
| 10/29/2015 | Filed | AMENDED Order Granting appellant's petition for rehearing en banc in appeal no. 10-CV-1425. | |
| 11/03/2015 | Filed | Motion to hold in abeyance or alternative to extend the en banc brief (Rafael Sa' adah & District of Columbia) | Granted |
| 11/16/2015 | Filed | Opposition to appellee's motion to hold appeals in abeyance or alternatively to extend the en banc briefing schedule (Appellant) | |
| 11/24/2015 | Filed | Reply to appellant's opposition to the motion to hold appeals in abeyance or alternatively to extend the en banc briefing schedule (Appellee) | |
| 12/03/2015 | Filed | Order Granting Appellees District of Columbia and Rafael Sa'adah's motion to hold in abeyance and these appeals are hereby stayed and the briefing schedule suspended pending further order of the court. | |
| 02/01/2016 | Filed | Status Report regarding the District of Columbia and Rafael Sa'adah (Appellee) | |
| 03/02/2016 | Filed | Ordered that appellees, shall file a brief by March 18, 2016. This court's August 21, 2015, remains suspended pending further order of the court. | |
| 03/07/2016 | Filed | Motion For Extension Of Time to File Brief (Appellee) | Granted |
| 03/17/2016 | Filed | GRANT - Order Granting appellees District of Columbia and Rafael Sa'Adah's Motion For Extension Of Time to File Brief and appellee's brief shall be filed on or before April 8, 2016. | |
| 04/08/2016 | Filed | Supplemental Brief in Response to the Court's order of 3/2/16 (Appellee) | |
| 04/08/2016 | Filed | Briefing Completed | |
| 05/11/2016 | Filed | Letter From regarding case on appeal (Appellee) | |
| 06/24/2016 | Filed | Letter From regarding case on appeal (Appellee) | |
| 10/14/2016 | Filed | Letter requesting that this Court withdraw en banc consideration of these cases, reinstating the division's decision in Allen and returning Wright to the division for a decision. (Appellee District of Columbia) | |
| 10/20/2016 | Filed | Ordered that appellees District of Columbia and Rafael Sa'adah shall, within 30 days from the date of this order, file a supplemental brief addressing the effect of the legislation on the present cases, including but not limited to the following questions:
(1) To what extent does the legislature's "ratif[ication]" of this court's "interpretation and application" of the public duty doctrine in prior judicial decisions affect the role of the courts in cases involving claims that the doctrine should be revised or abolished?"; and
(2) Is the legislation applicable to the present cases? See generally, e.g., Landgraf v. USI Film Prods., 511 U.S. 244 (1994); District of Columbia v. Berretta U.S.A. Corp., 940 A.2d 163 (D.C. 2008). It is
FURTHER ORDERED that appellants may file responsive briefs within 30 days of the service of appellees' brief. | |
| 11/14/2016 | Filed | Motion For Extension Of Time to File supplemental Brief, (Appellee District of Columbia) | Granted |
| 11/18/2016 | Filed | Order Granting District of Columbia's and Rafael Sa'adah's motion for an extension of time to file the supplemental brief to December 21, 2016. | |
| 12/19/2016 | Filed | Motion For Extension Of Time to File Brief (Appellee District of Columbia) | Granted |
| 12/21/2016 | Filed | Order Granting District of Columbia's and Rafael Sa'adah's motion for an extension of time to file the supplemental brief to January 23, 2016. | |
| 01/23/2017 | Filed | Supplemental Brief in response to the Court's order of 10/20/16 (Appellee District of Columbia) | |
| 01/24/2017 | Filed | Notice of corrected certificate of service for the brief of Appellees (Appellee District of Columbia) | |
| 02/14/2017 | Filed | Letter From Counsel/Party Re Future Calendaring (Appellee District of Columbia) | |
| 02/21/2017 | Filed | Supplemental Brief in response to the Court's order of 10/20/16 (Appellant Allen) | |
| 02/23/2017 | Filed | Motion For Extension Of Time to File Reply Brief (Appellant Wright) | Granted |
| 03/03/2017 | Filed | Order Granting Appellant Tonda Wright's Motion For Extension Of Time to File Reply Brief to March 23, 2017. | |
| 03/22/2017 | Filed | Reply Brief (Appellant Tonda Wright and Johnquan D. Wright) | |
| 06/01/2017 | Filed | Order, sua sponte, that the stay entered by this court on December 3, 2015, is hereby lifted. | |
| 06/01/2017 | Filed | Proceed With Appeal; No Longer On Hold/Stayed | |
| 06/01/2017 | Filed | Order the appellees District of Columbia and Mr. Sa'adah shall within 60 days from the date of this order file a merits brief. Appellants' merits reply briefs shall be filed within 30 days thereafter. | |
| 06/01/2017 | Filed | Order that appellees District of Columbia and Mr. Sa'adah shall within 30 days from the date of this order file any reply brief responsive to appellants' briefs filed on February 21, 2017 and March 22, 2017. | |
| 06/02/2017 | Filed | AMENDED ORDER, sua sponte, that the stay entered by this court on December 3, 2015, is hereby lifted. (The order is amended only to correct a typographical error in Judge Nebeker's dissent). | |
| 06/30/2017 | Filed | Motion For Leave to File Brief 7 days after the District files its brief (Amicus-Appellee Counsil of the District of Columbia) | Granted |
| 07/03/2017 | Filed | Supplemental Reply Brief in response to the Court's order of 10/20/16 (Appellee District of Columbia) | |
| 07/06/2017 | Filed | Order Granting the motion of the Council of the District of Columbia, and the Clerk shall enter the appearance of the Council of the District of Columbia as amicus curiae on behalf of appellee the District of Columbia. Amicus curiae Council of the District of Columbia's brief in support of appellee District of Columbia shall be filed on or before July 31, 2017. | |
| 07/12/2017 | Filed | Motion For Leave To File Excess-Paged Brief (Appellee District of Columbia) | Granted |
| 07/12/2017 | Filed | Motion For Extension Of Time to File Brief (Appellee District of Columbia) | Granted |
| 08/17/2017 | Filed | Order Granting the motions of appellee's District of Columbia and Rafael Sa'adah, and appellee's merits brief shall be filed on or before August 30, 2017, the page limit for the merits brief is extended to 100 pages in 14-point font. | |
| 08/23/2017 | Filed | Motion To Stay Appeal (Appellant Allen, Appellee District of Columbia) | Granted |
| 09/25/2017 | Filed | Order Granting the joint motion To Stay Appeal, and these appeals are hereby held in abeyance pending the finalizing of the settlement documents. | |
| 10/25/2017 | Filed | Status Report Pending Settlement (Appellee District of Columbia) | |
| 11/27/2017 | Filed | Statement/Status Report Pending Settlement (Appellee District of Columbia) | |
| 12/14/2017 | Filed | Motion To Dismiss Appeal (Appellant Wright) | |
| 12/19/2017 | Filed | Amended Motion To Dismiss Appeal (Appellant Wright) | Granted |
| 01/08/2018 | Filed | Order Sua Sponte, that appeal nos. 10-CV-1425 and 13-CV-583 are hereby served. | |
| 01/08/2018 | Filed | Order Sua Sponte that the September 25, 2017, order is hereby vacated to the extent it held appeal no. 13-CV-583 in abeyance. | |
| 01/08/2018 | Filed | Proceed With Appeal no 13-CV-583 ONLY; No Longer On Hold/Stayed | |
| 01/08/2018 | Filed | Order Granting appellant's amended consent motion to dismiss in appeal no. 13-CV-583, and appeal no. 13-CV-583 is hereby dismissed with prejudice. | |
| 01/08/2018 | Filed | Ordered that the parties in appeal no. 10-CV-1425 shall advise this court within thirty days from the date of this order on the status of the settlement agreement. | |
| 02/07/2018 | Filed | Statement/Status Report Pending Settlement (Appellee) | |
| 04/11/2018 | Filed | Stipulation To Dismiss Appeal (Appellee) | |
| 05/03/2018 | Filed | Order Sua Sponte that the stay entered on September 25, 2017, is hereby vacated. | |
| 05/03/2018 | Filed | Proceed With Appeal; No Longer On Hold/Stayed | |
| 05/03/2018 | Filed | Order Granting the joint motion to dismiss this appeal, and this appeal is hereby dismissed with prejudice. The Clerk shall issue the mandate forthwith. | |
| 05/03/2018 | Filed | Mandate | |