Legal Opinion
Vincent Burns and Icella Burns-Burchell v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 27, 1997No. 96-7201, 96-7209PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Per Curiam.
2Per curiam
Terrance D’Souza and WMATA appeal the magistrate judge’s determination that D’Souza, the driver of a bus involved in a collision with a ear driven by appellee, was negligent as a matter of law. WMATA also appeals the jury’s verdict that appellee was not negligent. We reverse on both points and direct a new trial.
I
At approximately 4:00 p.m. on February 26,1993, Terrance D’Souza, the operator of a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) bus, was heading north on Bladensburg Road in the District of Columbia in the left turn lane, and…
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