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In District of Columbia v. Ross, 697 A.2d 14 (D.C. App. 1997), the court of appeals addressed the D.C. statute providing that any claims for damage to persons or property be commenced within 6 months after an injury.
The appellate court was called upon to decide when the plaintiff's injuries were actually sustained. In deciding to choose between the point at which the lead first manifested itself in the plaintiff's system and the point several years later when the plaintiff's neuropsychological damage was confirmed, the court held that the plaintiff sustained her injury when the harmful lead material entered her body.
The court was influenced by the purpose of the D.C. statute, which was to alert the District of Columbia to the possibility of future litigation so that it could promptly investigate the circumstances of the alleged incident, memorialize and transitory evidence, and otherwise posture itself for potential litigation should it arise.
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