Aguilar v. RP MRP Washington Harbour, LLC
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
98 A.3d 979 (2014)
Relevant factsFree
RP MRP (defendant) owned a riverside retail complex that flooded when it failed to raise its flood walls despite a weather warning, forcing tenant businesses to close temporarily. Aguilar and other employees of those businesses (plaintiffs) sued RP MRP for negligence, seeking only their lost wages during the closure; RP MRP moved to dismiss, and the trial court granted the motion.
IssueFree
Whether the economic loss doctrine bars a negligence claim for pure economic loss, absent any other injury, unless a special relationship existed between the parties.
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