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| MedLink owner sues lawyers |
VOICE writes, "BEN WEINSTEIN
Capitol Hill Group, owner of the MedLink property, filed a $50 million malpractice suit against the lawyers who represented it in a zoning battle with Near Northeast residents.
The complaint, filed in D.C. Superior Court, alleges Patrick Potter and Paul Tummonds Jr., of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, failed to provide Capitol Hill Group with timely information, leaving no opportunity to appeal a Board of Zoning Adjustment decision. Capitol Hill Group said because of the breach of contract, it could not adequately use or lease the property at 7th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NE, resulting in about $50 million in losses, according to court documents."
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In a 2004 zoning case, the board said the medical-care facility needed more off-street parking spaces than the city previously required. Capitol Hill Group says it would have appealed that decision, but Potter and Tummonds told the group about the board's final order too late to appeal.
Near Northeast residents and Dr. Peter Shin, head of Capitol Hill Group, have had several zoning battles over the property. Last year, the Zoning Commission sided with the Stanton Park Neighborhood Association, ruling the site would be downzoned if Shin decided to redevelop part of it into luxury condominiums.
Neither lawyer could be reached for comment.
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Posted on Nov 15, 2007 20:39pm.
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