On June 30, 2011, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, decided Hedgepeth v. Whitman Walker Clinic, No. 07-CV-158, slip op. (D.C. June 30, 2011) (en banc), in which it unanimously ruled that a patient who was allegedly negligently misdiagnosed by a doctor at a health clinic as having HIV, and who allegedly suffered severe…

On May 19, 2011, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals decided In re Turpin, No. 10-PR-707, slip op. (D.C. May 19, 2011) which, inter alia, recognizes the doctrine that a will may be declared partially invalid (as opposed to wholly invalid) if it was the result of fraud or undue influence. The issue of whether a will…

On January 31, 2011, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Rule Promulgation Order 11-01 (“Order”) to amend Super Ct. Civ. R. 9-I (“Rule 9-I”) and Civil Action Form 101. The Order amends Rule 9-I by, inter alia, adding a new section (e) to permit unsworn declarations (i.e., declarations that have not been…